• So Much To Tell You (1987)
• The Great Gatenby (1989)
• Staying Alive Year 5 (1990)
• Out Of Time (1990)
• Selling The Farm (1991)
• Letters from the Inside (1991)
• Take My Word For It (1992)
• Looking For Trouble (1993)
• Everything I Know About Writing (1993)
• The Adventures of Alec Lamberton (1995)
• Joys of Sensual Eating (1995)
• Cool School (1996)
• Creep Street (1996)
• Checkers (1996)
• This I Believe (1996) (editor)
• Four Weddings and a Funeral (1996) (editor)
• Dear Miffy (1997)
• The Rabbits (1998) illustrated by Shaun Tan
• The Journey (1998)
• Secret Men's Business (1998)
• Winter (2000)
• The Magic Rainforest (2002)
• One September Morning (2005)
• Hamlet (2008)

The Tomorrow series

• Tomorrow, When the War Began (1993)
• The Dead of The Night (1994)
• The Third Day, The Frost (1995) (also titled A Killing Frost)
• Darkness, Be My Friend (1996)
• Burning For Revenge (1997)
• The Night Is For Hunting (1998)
• The Other Side Of Dawn (1999)

The Ellie Chronicles

• While I live (2003)
• Incurable (2005)
• Circle of Flight (2006)