Collection: Junior Fiction

This is the haunting story of Darra - who, as the 13th child to be born to her mother, is destined to be sacrificed to Dond, the dark god of the underworld. On the day she turns 13 she'll be rowed out to sea, where she will leap overboard with a rock tied to her ankle. She can't think of a worse ...

Join Bertie as he finds himself on the run from a zombified Eugene, has a smashing time with Angela Nicely, and gets caught up in some monkey business on a trip to the zoo.

Night falls, the portcullis rises in the moonlight, and young Billy starts his first night as a prison guard. But this is no ordinary prison. There are haunted cells that can't be used, whispers and cries in the night ... and the dreaded Witch Well.

Archie is off on holiday. The suitcase is packed, or is it? What if it rains? What if he gets a sore tummy? What if there is a jellyfish attack? Discover whether Archie ever makes it on holiday in the second book of the funny and stylish series where the illustrations say it all.

Roald Dahl loved playing practical jokes and tricks and here you will find some of his very best - such as when Matilda superglues the rim of her father's pork-pie hat and it becomes stuck fast to his head! Or when George tricks his Grandma into drinking his marvellous medicine. Or when young Roa...

This selection of Roald Dahl's short stories is specially chosen for teenagers. The stories are a perfect introduction to the breadth of Roald Dahl's work for adults, as well as a wonderful collection in its own right.

Mildred Hubble is a trainee witch at Miss Cackle's Academy, and she's making an awful mess of it. She's always getting her spells wrong and she can't even ride a broomstick without crashing it. Will she ever make a real witch?

Mildred is determined to lose her embarrassing reputation as the worst witch the Academy has ever seen - but things rapidly get out of hand!

Francis Wootton's first memory is of Kurt Cobain's death, and there have since been other hardships much closer to home. At 15 years old he already knows all about loss and rejection - and to top it all off he has a permanently broke big brother, a grandma with selective memory (and very selectiv...

A special collection of stories for young children, from imaginary friends to following Mum's orders, perfect for bedtime, bathtime, circle time, anytime!