Out on the Water: Twelve Tales from the Sea by Tessa Duder
33.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
Ten short stories, and two longer historical ones, bring to life the thrills and challenges of sailing, paddling and travelling on the seas around New Zealand. Accompanied by Bruce Potter's vivid illustrations, these are the work a world-class children's writer with an intimate knowledge of the sea. For ...Show more
Search for a Kiwi Killer by Des Hunt
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
Kerikeri is kiwi country. There the flightless birds live in common places like farms, sides of roads, and pine forests. There are signs everywhere saying dogs must be on leads. When dead kiwi are found in nearby Waitangi forest, it becomes clear that someone is ignoring the signs. A kiwi killer is on t ...Show more
Losi the Giant Fisherman by Dahlia Malaeulu
20.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
Losi the Giant was the greatest fisherman across all the moana. A mischievous and loyal friend to sea creatures and all humans, Losi will always be remembered as the hero who brought taro, the food of the Gods, to Earth. Samoan Myths ; Legends Pick a Path Collection
Avis and the Call of the Kraken by Heather McQuillan
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
Avis's life is complicated. Humbert the chocolate-eating dragon is getting bigger and more demanding and wants to test his wings, but he's distracting Avis from her schoolwork. Then on one flight they see a disturbance in the ocean near an oil-drilling rig and the dragon's tear Avis and Humbert communic ...Show more
Across the Risen Sea by Bren MacDibble
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
'It's one of them days when everything is off. A hot sweaty night in Rusty Bus means we kids is all grouchy-tired. Me and my best friend, Jaguar, is trying to cool down by taking turns at dipping in the sea pool. Him standing on the sea wall made from car frames and rocks on lookout for crocs, me swimmi ...Show more
Prince of Ponies by Stacy Gregg
18.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
War destroyed their worlds, now two young girls and their remarkable horses are fighting once more - this time to win. When twelve-year-old Mira stumbles across a white stallion in a forest in Berlin, she doesn't realise that this horse will take her on an incredible journey. Together, they're going to ...Show more
Once Upon a Wickedness by Fleur Beale
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
An exciting adventure novel for contemporary kids with a fairytale setting, a daring hero and message that you're never too young and powerless to stand up to tyrants! What happens when a group of school children, led by the resourceful ten-year-old Dance Violet, dare to ask those in power some hard qu ...Show more
Pandemic: The Spanish Flu 1918 (My New Zealand Story) by Sally Stone
21.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction | Series: My New Zealand Story
The war carried the Spanish flu across the world. Faces grew masks. Shops and schools wore signs that said, 'Closed'. Families nursing the sick drew their curtains together to say their house was quarantined... From the award-winning creators of Flood, Fire, Cyclone and Drought, comes this powerful stor ...Show more
Awatea's Treasure (#1) by Fraser Smith
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction | Series: Awatea
Awatea is staying in the country with his grandparents and uncles – next door to Mrs Carol’s house, said to be haunted. Awatea’s uncles challenge him to spend a night there, but can he do it? Meantime, they go to stay at the beach, where he meets the Rumbles and their talking parrot, Carrot. Awatea and ...Show more
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
Enemy at the Gate by Philippa Werry
23.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
A deadly disease is sweeping the world and nobody knows how to stop it. Movie theatres and swimming pools are shut and schools are closed. People are discouraged from gathering in large groups at the beach. Twelve-year-old Tom Mitchell can't even see his best friend Charlie. He wonders when the lockdown ...Show more
Tui Street Heroes (#2) by Anne Kayes
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction | Series: Tui Street
What happens when you find yourself on a dangerous journey, and you’re expected to be the hero? Who can help when you’re faced with vicious creatures that are meant to be extinct or people who don’t care whether you live or die?The Tūī Street kids are writing ‘hero’s journey’ stories at school, but soon ...Show more