Recent junior & middle fiction from 2020

As Fast As I Can

Penny Tangey

One girl. One dream. A few hurdles. Ten-year-old Vivian is determined to win a medal at the Olympic Games one day. Problem is, she hasn’t found a sport she’s any…

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Willy-willy Wagtail (Tales from the Bush Mob, Book 1)

Helen Milroy

Tales from the Bush Mob is a series of books about the Bush Mob, a group of animals that works together to solve problems.

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24 Hours in Nowhere

Dusti Bowling

Set in the desert of Arizona, this novel is a gripping story about friendship, hope and finding the power we all have within ourselves.

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The List of Things that Will Not Change

Rebecca Stead

A sensitive and heart-warming middle grade novel exploring themes of love, change and forgiving your own mistakes, from award-winning children’s author Rebecca Stead.

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Ozzy Rules! (AFL Little Legends, Book 1)

Nicole Hayes,Adrian Beck

Packed with footy fun, this hilarious junior fiction series follows the highs and lows of junior footy.

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Aussie Kids: Meet Eve in the Outback

Raewyn Caisley

Hi! I’m Eve. I live at a roadhouse in the Nullarbor. We don’t get many visitors. But today my cousin Will is coming. We’ll have so much fun!

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Aussie Kids: Meet Katie at the Beach

Rebecca Johnson

Hi! I’m Katie. I have a wobbly tooth that won’t come out! But it’s not going to spoil my trip to the beach. We’re going to eat mangoes and play…

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Small Mercies

Bridget Krone

Mercy’s afraid social workers will take her away. But lessons from the past may help her change the future.

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Where the Wilderness Lives

Jess Butterworth

An epic race for survival that follows four children and their dog through treacherous waterways, dense forests and the deep, dark wilderness of Wales. From author Jess Butterworth comes a…

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The Unicorn Whisperer (Phoebe and Her Unicorn, Book 10)

Dana Simpson

Welcome back to the hilarious and heartwarming world of Phoebe and Her Unicorn.

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His Name Was Walter

Emily Rodda

From Australia’s favourite storyteller comes a story that shows us the extraordinary power of true love and solves a decades-old mystery.

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The Honey Bees

Sally Rippin

Celebrating 10 Years of Billie B Brown in 2020!

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The Hat Parade

Sally Rippin

Celebrating 10 Years of Billie B Brown in 2020!

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The Grumpy Neighbour

Sally Rippin

Celebrating 10 Years of Billie B Brown in 2020!

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Landing with Wings

Trace Balla

Miri’s been on the move and now she’s finding her feet, her freedom, her community and her home, treading lightly all the way.

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Goldfields Girl

Elaine Forrestal

It’s 1892. Amid a fevered gold rush, fourteen-year-old Clara Saunders is in search of adventure in the new outback town of Coolgardie.

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Scary Mary and the Stripe Spell (Monty’s Island, Book 1)

Emily Rodda

On a beautiful island far away, on a sea that ripples with magic, Monty never knows what he might find… Monty, Tawny and friends receive some startling news: Scary Mary…

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Wink

Rob Harrell

Maybe Batpig can come to the rescue? Based on Rob Harrell’s own real life experience with eye cancer, and including amazing comic-strip artwork, this poignant and authentic novel is unforgettable…

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The January Stars

Kate Constable

When twelve-year old Clancy and her fourteen-year-old sister, Tash, visit their Pa at his aged-care facility, they have no idea that the three of them will soon set out on…

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The Book of Chance

Sue Whiting

Chance is a black-and-white thinker until she realises that sometimes there are shades of grey.

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E-Boy (E-Boy, Book 1)

Anh Do

Ethan is supposed to be doing regular teenage things - like playing sports and hanging out with friends. He is not supposed to be in hospital getting a brain tumour…

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The Boy Who Fooled the World

Lisa Thompson

Telling a little white lie now and then is harmless, right? But what if it leads to you being a household name and international celebrity? Cole is the boy who…

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Timmy the Ticked-Off Pony and the Poo of Excitement (Timmy the Ticked-Off Pony, Book 1)

Magda Szubanski

Timmy is rude. He’s lazy. He’s ALWAYS cranky. And he’s also one of the most FAMOUS ponies in all the known world! Until one day when…POO HAPPENS. Surely one little…

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Flember 1: The Secret Book

Jamie Smart

A mysterious island. A long forgotten secret. The magical force of life… And…A GIANT ROBOT BEAR! Meet our hero, boy-inventor Dev, as he discovers the power of FLEMBER!

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My Survival: A Girl on Schindler’s List

Rena Finder,Rena Finder

Rena Finder was only eleven when the Nazis forced her and other Jewish people into the ghetto in Krakow, Poland, during WWII.

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Vote Weirdo (WeirDo, Book 14)

Anh Do

Its time to vote! Weir Dos in the running for class captain… but will an EPIC HAIR DISASTER destroy his chances of winning?! It wont be easy… but it will…

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Dragonslayer (Wings of Fire Legends)

Tui,T Sutherland

This special edition of the #1 New York Times best-selling Wings of Fire series soars back in time to give readers a glimpse of Pyrrhia through new eyes.

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Cloudburst: A Jack Courtney Adventure

Wilbur Smith

But this summer his parents are travelling to the Democratic Republic of the Congo for a gorilla conference, and they’ve promised to take Jack and his friends with them. The…

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The Blackbird Girls

Anne Blankman

On a spring morning, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry red sky. A reactor at the nuclear power plant where their fathers work–Chernobyl–has exploded. Before…

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Everlasting Nora

Marie Miranda Cruz

An uplifting young reader debut about perseverance, hope, and family, Everlasting Nora follows a girl living in the real-life shanty town inside the Philippines’ Manila North Cemetery

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Ben Braver and the Vortex of Doom (The Super Life of Ben Braver, Book 3)

Marcus Emerson

Ben Braver has one day to save the world. The students of Kepler Academy are under threat…again. And, this time, so is the rest of the world. Ben Braver might…

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Dancing the Charleston

Jacqueline Wilson

Set in a huge country estate during the roaring ‘20s, Jacqueline Wilson’s must-have new novel follows the estate dressmaker’s 10 year old niece as she navigates extraordinary and extravagant parties…

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The Map of Half Maps (Atticus Van Tasticus, Book 2)

Andrew Daddo

ATTICUS VAN TASTICUS is back. And this time he means business. Having escaped certain disaster on the high seas, he’s on the scent of treasure. Then the call comes from…

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Fire in the Star (The Unicorn Quest, Book 3)

Kamilla Benko

Claire Martinson has always depended on her older sister, Sophie, to take care of her, but now it’s Claire’s turn to protect her sister. On the trail of the last…

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Dr. Wangari Maathai Plants a Forest: A Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls Chapter Book

Eugenia Rebel Girls

From the world of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls comes a historical novel based on the life of Dr. Wangari Maathai, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist and environmentalist from…

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Junko Tabei Masters the Mountains

Montse Rebel Girls

From the world of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls comes the historical novel based on the life of Junko Tabei, the first female climber to summit Mount Everest.

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Sasha’s Secret

Cathy Cassidy

The must-have third book in the gorgeous Lost and Found series from Cathy Cassidy, bestselling author of the Chocolate Box Girls.

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Bust a Move (Derek Dool Supercool, Book 1)

Adrian Beck

Think of the COOLEST, FUNNIEST, most HANDSOME kid in school, times it by a gazillion and you get DEREK DILBERT DOOL. At least he thinks so … Pity he’s the…

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Mermaid School

Lucy Courtenay

It is Marnie Blue’s very first day at Lady Sealia Foam’s Mermaid School, and she’s terrified. What’s more, her famous diva aunt Christabel was a notorious rebel at the same…

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The Call of the Wild

Jack London

A handsome, newly-illustrated edition of the classic Jack London adventure novel.

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The Secret of White Stone Gate (Black Hollow Lane, Book 2)

Julia Nobel

Before returning to Wellsworth, twelve-year-old Emmy receives a letter from her father telling her to trust no one, but the Order is up to no good and she will need…

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The Rusty Rescue (BOOT, Book 2)

Shane Hegarty

For fans of Toy Story and Charlie Changes into a Chicken, this is the second hilarious, warm-hearted story about a small robot on a big adventure. With illustrations by Ben…

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The Republic Of Birds

Jessica Miller

From rising star Jessica Miller comes this richly imagined fantasy adventure, an unmissable addition to the genre for readers of Karen Foxlee, Jessica Townsend and Philip Pullman.

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Red Day

Sandy Fussell

Set in a modern-day small town among the remnants of a Japanese POW camp, this is the story of Charlie. Charlie has synaesthesia and hence sees and hears differently: people…

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In the Key of Code

Aimee Lucido

An original, inventive and heart-warming novel about a lonely new girl and an unlikely friendship formed in a school coding club, that will appeal to fans of Sarah Crossan.

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Agents of the Wild: Operation Honeyhunt

Jennifer Bell

Enter the world of Agnes & Attie: Agents of the Wild; fun-packed young fiction with wildlife conservation themes.

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The Dark is Rising: The Dark is Rising Sequence

Susan Cooper

This night will be bad and tomorrow will be beyond imagining. It’s Midwinter’s Eve, the day before Will’s eleventh birthday. But there is an atmosphere of fear in the familiar…

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The Threads of Magic

Alison Croggon

An atmospheric and riveting fantasy adventure, perfect for fans of Frances Hardinge and Cornelia Funke.

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Recent junior & middle fiction from 2020

As Fast As I Can

Willy-willy Wagtail (Tales from the Bush Mob, Book 1)

24 Hours in Nowhere

The List of Things that Will Not Change

Ozzy Rules! (AFL Little Legends, Book 1)

Aussie Kids: Meet Eve in the Outback

Aussie Kids: Meet Katie at the Beach

Small Mercies

Where the Wilderness Lives

The Unicorn Whisperer (Phoebe and Her Unicorn, Book 10)

His Name Was Walter

The Honey Bees

The Hat Parade

The Grumpy Neighbour

Landing with Wings

Goldfields Girl

Scary Mary and the Stripe Spell (Monty’s Island, Book 1)

Wink

The January Stars

The Book of Chance

E-Boy (E-Boy, Book 1)

The Boy Who Fooled the World

Timmy the Ticked-Off Pony and the Poo of Excitement (Timmy the Ticked-Off Pony, Book 1)

Flember 1: The Secret Book

My Survival: A Girl on Schindler’s List

Vote Weirdo (WeirDo, Book 14)

Dragonslayer (Wings of Fire Legends)

Cloudburst: A Jack Courtney Adventure

The Blackbird Girls

Everlasting Nora

Ben Braver and the Vortex of Doom (The Super Life of Ben Braver, Book 3)

Dancing the Charleston

The Map of Half Maps (Atticus Van Tasticus, Book 2)

Fire in the Star (The Unicorn Quest, Book 3)

Dr. Wangari Maathai Plants a Forest: A Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls Chapter Book

Junko Tabei Masters the Mountains

Sasha’s Secret

Bust a Move (Derek Dool Supercool, Book 1)

Mermaid School

The Call of the Wild

The Secret of White Stone Gate (Black Hollow Lane, Book 2)

The Rusty Rescue (BOOT, Book 2)

The Republic Of Birds

Red Day

In the Key of Code

Agents of the Wild: Operation Honeyhunt

The Dark is Rising: The Dark is Rising Sequence

The Threads of Magic