Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories

Marnie is having so much fun at Minibeast Academy, a school for bugs tucked into an ancient tree at the bottom of the museum gardens. And it's time for something really exciting - the Great Critter Quest! The Great Critter Quest is a super-tricky competition held each year. Minibug students form ...

Josh has always called his brain Brian, and Brian can sometimes be his best friend, helping Josh with tests and giving him brilliant moneymaking ideas. But he can also be Josh's worst enemy, keeping him awake at night worrying, and telling him that his family's problems are all Josh's fault. When...

As the city of Nubis tries to recover from the Reaper King's attack, Mia is still reeling from her own personal loss. Everything she thought she knew has been turned upside down, and she finally understands that she needs to unlock all her lightcaster powers if they are to finally free themselves...

A murder. A mystery. Two murders, actually. Well, three, if you're counting. Oh, look, here comes a fourth! So much murder that skeleton detective Skulduggery Pleasant must annoy Valkyrie Cain, the infamous Destroyer of Worlds, with his incredible deduction abilities at every available opportunit...

As a hero and a knight of the realm, it is Link's duty to serve Princess Zelda and protect the land of Hyrule. Dangers come in all forms on both land and sea. Join Link on quests to overcome the threats posed by the Minish Cap and the Phantom Hourglass.

Jade and Jack are ready for another trip back in time. An Ancient Egyptian scarab beetle transports them to 1250 B.C. where they investigate plots, pyramids and a mummy that seems to have come to life.

Meet Charley - a totally ordinary 13-year-old, who's also an international singing sensation. Meet George - Charley's best friend, social media whizz, and budding comedian. Charley and George are in Sydney, where Charley is filming her first movie. But when mysterious accidents begin to happen wh...

Lady Jane Grey, sixteen, is about to be married to a total stranger - and caught up in an insidious plot to rob her cousin, King Edward, of his throne. But that's the least of Jane's problems. She's about to become Queen of England. Like that could go wrong! 'My Lady Jane' is a comical, fantastic...

Mariel, a newly blooded captain of the Merry Men, is desperate to live up to the legacy of her grandfather, the legendary Robin Hood. Clem, a backwoods assistant healer known for her new-fangled cures, just wants to help people. When Mariel's ramshackle band kidnap Clem as retribution for her gua...

In the mystical land of Hyrule, three spiritual stones hold the key to the Triforce, and whoever holds them will control the world. A boy named Link sets out on a quest to deliver the Emerald, the spiritual stone of the forest, to Zelda, Princess of the land of Hyrule. The journey will be long an...