Category: NZ Senior Fiction | Series: Ash | Reading Level: very good
The gripping sequel to the prize-winning thriller The Nature of Ash. Ash McCarthy thought he had done enough by broadcasting his story to the world, exposing the corruption and lies of Prime Minister Chandler and his cronies. With his small band of friends and family on a remote campsite in the backcou ...Show more
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
This alternate history coming-of-age YA is the Winner of the 2018 Storylines Tessa Duder Award. “An inferior people, that’s what the Director called us at the beginning of his reign, but still useful.” There are two peoples living in the city of Ursa: the Cerels and the Travesters. ...Show more
Category: NZ Senior Fiction | Series: Syllvalla Chronicles
Princess Sylvalla is more than ready. She's faced dragons and proven herself a hero - but her greatest trials are about to begin. Phetero, the king she accidentally kidnapped, is determined to have vengeance - and the threat of marriage to Prince Francis looms. Francis may be sweet, have proven he can d ...Show more
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
In Lush Valley, it’s a crime to even talk about dragons… When Ezaara meets Zaarusha the Dragon Queen, she’s swept up in a blaze of color and they imprint, forming a deep bond. She must give up her home and family to become the new Queen’s Rider. Ignorant and unprepared, how can ...Show more
Category: NZ Senior Fiction | Series: Blood of the Lamb
Maryam fights for her life, freedom and love in this stunning finale to the Blood of the Lamb series. Maryam and Lazarus arrive back at Onewere and Maryam, in trying to loosen the Apostles' religious stranglehold by showing the people the miraculous remedy, is captured. The ruling elite decide to manipu ...Show more
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
An acclaimed classic by multi-award winning author Sherryl Jordan, this epic fantasy is brought back for a 25th anniversary! Born into a dark world trapped forever in icy winter, Elsha is a child of the Quelled, a branded people doomed to mine firestones to warm the ruling class, the Chosen. But Elsha ...Show more
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
Why do Fin and Danny hate Old Man Wilson so much? And what happens when they decide to take revenge? PAY BACK But there's more to this story than Fin and Danny realise. With a ghost sitting at his table and zombies in the walls, Old Man Wilson is more than a match for two twelve year old boys. Or is he? ...Show more
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
Fourteen-year-old Beatrice Thomas lives with her widowed mother and younger sister Tilly in a small country town overshadowed by the events of World War One. Many of the local boys, including Beaty's friend Caleb, are away fighting. When Beaty has to leave school, she gets a job as a telegram girl at t ...Show more
Category: NZ Senior Fiction | Reading Level: very good
A gripping novel for young adults that captures both the daring and the everyday realities of serving in the Air Force during the Second World War. Pete and Paul yelled together. 'Bandit! Nine o-clock! Bandit!' Jack spun to stare. There was the Messerschmitt on their left, streaking straight at them. ...Show more
Category: NZ Senior Fiction | Series: Salt Trilogy | Reading Level: Very Good
The third instalment of Maurice Gee's breathtaking Salt series - now rejacketed. What is the source of the Limping Man's monstrous power? Nobody can withstand it, a soft crawling that seeps into your skin and wriggles into your mind, making you powerless with love for him even as his cruelties multiply. ...Show more
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
A brand-new edition of the Carnegie Medal-winning THE CHANGEOVER - written by internationally bestselling author, Margaret Mahy. 'A gorgeous, strange, unforgettable story . . . I more than loved it' Laini Taylor - author of Daughter of Smoke and Bone 'A clammy hand pressed Laura down onto her knees b ...Show more
Category: NZ Senior Fiction | Series: Herrick | Reading Level: 8+
In the sequel to 'Too Many Secrets', the Herrick story continues. The Herrick family secrets are all uncovered. Or are they...? Now that Herrick House is all but finished, Becs and her family are returning to the city - and Isaiah is going with them. But as they leave, he alone sees a stranger on the ho ...Show more
