Collection: Junior Fiction

Bookworm Kenzie can't believe her bad luck when her teacher announces plans for a joint hillwalking trip with other schools: a three-day hike into the Cairngorms. She tries everything to avoid going, but soon the group heads to the hills with mountain leader Bairdy and sets up camp for the night....

This story is part of 'Reading Champion', a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE).

This story is part of 'Reading Champion', a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE).

Controlling the wind, smelling fear, farting colours. The people of Walsham can do it all! The WHOLE TOWN has been granted powers by a mysterious treasure - except for Sara. She can't even levitate a squirrel! But the school football trophy (and her best friend's lucky charm) has been stolen, and...

London, 1951: Clem Fatale, the youngest crook in the city, is on a mission to find her dad. Jimmy Fatale, notorious jewel thief and leader of the Spider Gang, has gone missing and with him the greatest prize in London: the Fool's Canary. Along with her prisoner and/or sidekick Gilbert (depends wh...

Ruby's parents have split up, and now she's stuck in a run-down old village. She decides to hurry home, following an old train track through the dark. When an ancient steam train appears, Ruby can't resist stepping aboard. But it's May Day Eve, when the veil between worlds is thin, and she soon r...

Felix and his best friend Isaac love mysteries - chasing clues, identifying suspects, catching criminals - they can't wait to open their own detective agency. So when Felix's parents' Lucky House takeaway is cursed with a spate of bad luck, Felix is determined to find the culprit.

Eden's visit to The Escape sees her dropped into a world of puzzles and peril with no way out. She must find the keys, climb the levels and meet her fate. But what if she's not playing the game? Maybe the game is playing her. A thought-provoking story about the power that games give us to reimagi...

My name is Nate Yu Riley, and sometimes I think I'm the worst Chinese person ever! Nate knows he looks Chinese on the outside - but what is he on the inside? Adopted by two white mums, he struggles to know where he fits in. Mum and Momo are always trying to get him to embrace his Chinese heritage...

Poppy loves spending time at her mum's allotment and the tangle of wild woodland behind it. They regularly see foxes and hedgehogs, but one special evening, just as they are about to head home, they spot a young badger. It's the first time Poppy has ever seen one in real life, and she's entranced...