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1914: Riding into War (Kiwis at War) by Susan Brocker
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction | Series: Kiwis at War
Young Billy Bowman and his mate Jack get caught up in the excitement when war is declared in August 1914 and leave their jobs on the farm to rush off and enlist in the Mounted Rifles - because the war would 'probably be over by Christmas'. We follow their journey from the Awapuni training camp, to more ...Show more
Bess the Brave War Horse by Susan Brocker
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
This story is based on the true experiences of a remarkable horse called Bess, one of 10,000 NZ horses sent overseas to battle in World War One. Tragically, at the end of the war the horses could not return to New Zealand due to quarantine laws and a shortage of ships. Luckily for Bess, her master batt ...Show more
Brave Bess and the ANZAC Horses by Susan Brocker
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
Every year we celebrate our ANZAC heroes and commemorate the fallen at Gallipolli, wearing poppies in their memory every ANZAC Day. But there were other heroes and heroines of the First World War whose stories have remained largely untold - the horses shipped to the Middle East to carry our troops who f ...Show more
Caged by Susan Brocker
21.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
A heart-wrenching story about Sam, a 14-year-old girl from a struggling homeless family, who is already involved in petty crime. She must face her own fears and her sense of what is right, to defy a dangerous drug criminal, and rescue starving dogs and their pups from an inhumane backyard breeder.
Dreams of Warriors by Susan Brocker
26.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
Featherston in the Second World War is a tough and bleak place for fourteen-year-old Bella. Her father is away fighting overseas, while his family fight to save their farm from ruin and keep his dreams alive. Bella, her mother, and older sister have to cope with a herd of dairy cows, an unscrupulous nei ...Show more
Friday the Rebel Dog by Susan Brocker; Raymond McGrath
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
The collie dog slipped silently through the starlit night. She could smell sheep in the valley, hundreds of them. She knew what she had to do, and she had to do it quickly and quietly. This is the tale of New Zealands most notorious sheep-stealer and his loyal working dog. More than 160 years ago, James ...Show more
Ice by Susan Brocker
21.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
Night was falling, dark and dank. The dog stood beside the wreckage, gazing up at the sky. Slowly a large red moon rose over the mountain, flooding the snow in bloody light. Ice lifted her muzzle to the moon and howled, long and sad. When Zac chooses the rescue dog with the startling ice-blue eyes, litt ...Show more
Mrs Chippy the Cat by Susan Brocker, Raymond McGrath
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Mrs Chippy, trotting along the ship’s railings, was the first to spot the pack ice. It spread out before The Endurance like floating white chunks of a gigantic jigsaw. Penguins and seals watched the ship from the ice floes as they sailed by, and whales and orca popped up to spy on them. This is the tal ...Show more
Pelorus Jack the Dolphin Guide by Susan Brocker
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
This is the heart-warming tale of Pelorus Jack, a rare white Risso’s dolphin who delighted passengers over 100 years ago as he guided steamships through the rough waters of French Pass into the calm waters of the Marlborough Sounds. Passengers from around the world, even royalty, came to see him and it ...Show more
Restless Spirit by Susan Brocker
26.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
A moving and exciting adventure story for 9-12 year olds, set against the sweeping landscape of the North Island's volcanic plateau and Desert Road, RESTLESS SPIRITtells the story of a wild white Kaimanawa stallion who cannot be tamed and the two young troubled teens who come to love him. Lara is new in ...Show more
Saving Sam by Susan Brocker
26.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
Ben’s mother is dead, his father is in jail, and his older brother is heading off the rails at a million kilometres an hour. The social worker is fast running out of options, when the boys’ aunt and uncle reluctantly agree to take them in. Just as well: they were the last on her list. Ben’s uncle has bo ...Show more
The Drover's Quest by Susan Brocker
26.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
Rumour is flying around the west coast gold fields that Tom McGee has struck it rich and found a nugget of gold as big as a man's fist. So no one is surprised when next his campsite is found wrecked and abandoned. Men have been killed for a lot less on the tough goldfields of 1860s New Zealand. But one ...Show more