Children's / Teenage fiction: Family & home stories

Up until now, middle school hasn't exactly been a joyride for Greg Heffley. So when the town threatens to close the crumbling building, he's not too broken up about it. But when Greg realises this means he's going to be sent to a different school than his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, he changes...

Twelve-year-old Rose can't remember anything before last week, when she woke up not knowing her own name, her own house, or even her own mother. The only thing Rose recognised was her puppy, North. But Mother patiently explained everything - well, not everything. Not the real-feeling dreams Rose ...

When a unicorn who hates unicorn books realises that he is, in fact, IN A UNICORN BOOK himself, he does everything he can to get out. Can he run out of the book? Jump? Eat his way through the pages?! One thing's for sure: it will be a whole lot of fun to watch this unicorn try to get out of yet a...

Noor loves her mum, and all the other hijabi women in her family, but wonders why do they wear headscarves? Is it so they can hide snacks for later? Or because they're a super spy and hiding their secret identity? Full of curiousity, Noor sets out to find her answer, but her family are all busy a...

October and her dad live in the woods. They sleep in the house Dad built for them and eat the food they grow in the vegetable patches. They know the trees and the rocks and the lake and stars like best friends. They read the books they buy in town again and again until the pages are soft and yell...

Set against the backdrop of Tehran and Los Angeles, this tale of intergenerational trauma and love is an ode to the fragile bonds of family, the hidden secrets of history and all the beautiful moments that make us who we are today.

Separated only by a garden fence, Ryan and Tom have been best friends since they were two years old. But while Ryan is looking forward to starting secondary school together, Tom doesn't seem to want anything to do him with anymore. Suddenly, he'd rather hang out with mean Minnie and horrible Simo...

When Nikki overhears mean girl MacKenzie bragging that Brandon's taking her to the Halloween dance, a bummed Nikki agrees to spend Halloween at a kids' party for her little sister Brianna. But only after she makes the commitment she finds out MacKenzie was lying - what's a girl to do?

If Bao Nguyen had to describe himself, he'd say he was a rock. Steady and strong, but not particularly interesting. His grades are average, his social status unremarkable. He works at his parents' phơo restaurant, and even there, he is his parents' fifth favorite employee. If Linh Vu had to descr...

When Lacey gets sent to lunch-time music lessons to keep her out of trouble at school, she discovers a love and talent for the piano that opens up a whole new world. But when Lacey's music teacher leaves unexpectedly, will she be thrown back into turmoil?