Children's / Teenage fiction: School stories

It's bad enough that Mum and Dad are heading to California, leaving Judy and Stink with Aunt Awful (er, Opal), but now Judy's two best friends are going splitsville on her too. Just when it looks like her summer is going to be boring, eureka! Judy (with some help from Aunt Opal) comes up with the...

Judy Moody was in a mood. The substitute teacher thinks Judy's maths skills need improving. So Judy has to see a private tutor. But when Judy meets her tutor - a crucial college student with a funky sense of style - and gets a glimpse of college life, Judy's bad math-i-tude turns into a radical g...

Judy Moody is in a Monday-morning mopey mood. Another week in her same-old seat at her same-old desk in her same-old school. Even worse, there aren't any days off from school for ages. But when she steps into Class 3T, Judy's Monday frown turns upside down. Pop! Pop! Pop-pop-pop! Mr Todd is makin...

Vina's Mum has always told her that a smile is the best gift you can give someone. And as Vina loves smiling more than anything else, she gives the gift of her smile to anyone who needs it. But on her first visit to her new school, Vina's own smile gets a bit lost. She can't find it under the sli...

Ali and his friend Sami are living their dream, playing football for the school team and swimming in their friend Mark's new luxury pool. But money goes missing and racism rears its ugly head when their friend Aadam is accused of stealing it. Trying to prove Aadam's innocence will test their frie...

When Faizah's teacher asks her class to imagine what kind of world they want to live in Faizah imagines a world where everyone is kind to one another, and tries to create that world in the school playground. But what Faizah wants most is be like her big sister, Asiya. Will Faizah's classmates rep...

An upbeat story about a confident little boy who takes pride in his first day of nursery.

An upbeat story about a confident little boy who takes pride in his first day of nursery.

Kofi is a natural entrepreneur, and is always quick to spot a moneyspinner. But what he had overlooked is his best friend's Kelvin's amazing photographic memory - and the fact that he can remember every single line of a song he's heard only once. The whole school is obsessed with music, and no on...

Unassuming outcast Elliot Goldman is just trying to get through his final year of high school - until he meets his new lab partner, Jordan Hughes. Sweet, charming, and charismatic, Jordan opens Elliot's eyes to the possibilities around him, and gives him butterflies like nobody's business. Togeth...