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Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea by T K Roxborogh
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
On a beach clean-up, thirteen-year-old one-legged Charlie and his half-brother, Robbie, find a ponaturi - a mermaid - washed up on a beach. An ancient grudge between the Maori gods Tane and Tangaroa has flared up because a port being built in the bay is degrading the ocean and creatures are fleeing the ...Show more
Lizard's Tale by Weng Wai Chan
$21.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
It's Singapore in 1940, war is just around the corner-but twelve-year-old Lizard doesn't know that. He lives in Chinatown above a tailor's shop, surviving on his wits and hustling for odd jobs. When he steals a small teak box containing a Japanese code book from a Raffles Hotel suite, he finds himself ...Show more
The Inkberg Enigma by Jonathan King
$30.00 NZD
Category: General Graphic Books
A graphic-novel mystery adventure for eight- to twelve-year-olds in which a girl and boy uncover the secret that has corrupted their seaside town. "Haven't you always thought there's something WEIRD about this town, Miro?" Miro and Zia live in Aurora, a fishing town nestled in the shadow of an ancient c ...Show more
Across the Risen Sea by Bren MacDibble
$19.00 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
Brasswitch and Bot (#1 Rise of the Remarkables) by Gareth Ward
$23.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction | Series: The Rise of the Remarkables
Drawn into a world of prejudice, deceit and danger, Wrench must master her powers, knowing they offer her only hope for survival . . . if they don't destroy the world first. Screams surge along York's narrow Victorian streets as a run-away crackle-tram races toward disaster. Fearing an accident like the ...Show more
Four You Say Which Way Adventures by Blair Polly & D. M. Potter
$30.00 NZD
Category: Pick A Path Stories | Series: You Say Which Way | Reading Level: 8-12
Search for pirate treasure. Live in a magic house. Go on safari. Travel back in time. An interactive collection where YOU say which way the story goes. This volume contains four books: Pirate Island, In the Magician's House, Lost in Lion Country, Once Upon an Island. These stories depend on YOU. At th ...Show more
Toitoi Issue 20 (Winter 2020) by edited by Charlotte Gibbs
$23.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
Toitoi is a quarterly journal of writing and art by New Zealand children, ages 5-13. With over 100 pages of original stories, poetry and artwork, Toitoi gives our young writers and artists a real purpose and a wide audience. Toitoi can be read at home or at school and is a valuable classroom resource. ...Show more
The Tunnel of Dreams by Bernard Beckett
$21.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
In an abandoned house at the end of their street, twin brothers Stefan and Arlo discover a young girl hiding in its dusty shadows. Alice needs their help - her twin sister is locked in a cage suspended high above a mysterious mine in a strange parallel world-and she asks an impossible favour. Will they ...Show more
Prince of Ponies by Stacy Gregg
$25.00 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
Mallory, Mallory: The Revenge of the Tooth Fairy by James Norcliffe
$18.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
When Mallory and her sidekick Arthur kidnap the tooth fairy, they get more than they bargained for in this sparkling fantasy adventure novel for children. Mallory is a nasty piece of work. Her one friend is Arthur, who only puts up with her because he has no one else. When Mallory loses a tooth, she co ...Show more
SS Penguin SOS by Adrienne Frater
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
Set in New Zealand in the 20’s / 30’s , a young boy goes to live with his aunt and cousin following the death of his father. He begins work on a school history project which uncovers a family tragedy and a hero in the household. Based on the true sinking of the SS Penguin, a sometimes forgotten NZ ma ...Show more
Dunger by Joy Cowley
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Country of Origin: New Zealand William and Melissa have been roped into helping their weird grandparents fix up their holiday home in the country. How will they cope with no electricity, no mobile phone reception and only each other for company?