Category: NZ Young Adult Fiction
Fox is a fringe dweller, with a T branded on his cheek that marks him a thief. He lives on his wits and moves from village to village. As the story opens he sees a commotion and finds Wynter, chained by her father, working as a water diviner. She finds water for the drought-strapped village, but ...Show more
Category: NZ Young Adult Fiction
It is 1960s provincial New Zealand, and a set of upper middle class families enjoy the good life together. But just under the surface of the conventionality, there are undercurrents. Adolescent Callum Gow's father is a bully, his mother is having an affair, and there are secrets about abuse, suicide and ...Show more
Category: NZ Young Adult Fiction | Reading Level: very good
An engaging, funny and moving novel about a boy trying to make sense of it all. Fifteen-year-old Ricky lives in Aspiring, a town that’s growing at an alarming rate. Ricky’s growing, too — 6’7”, and taller every day. But he’s stuck in a loop: student, uncommitted baske ...Show more
Category: NZ Young Adult Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
A collection of 24 short stories; the joys and tribulations of being a woman in Samoa and the struggles brought to an island nation by climate change.
Category: NZ Young Adult Fiction
K’s first real try at breaking the rules proves to be a bit of disaster. The constant wondering what might have happened if only she had chosen differently. But then that disaster meant she met a boy, she learnt the truth, and she just might get to save a life – the life of a whale. Family ...Show more
Category: NZ Young Adult Fiction
Will Rhonwyn free her heart and her people, or become the pawn of the most dangerous man ever seen? When her skill at a complex strategy game gives her a way into the palace, Rhonwyn becomes the eyes and ears of the Resistance. She's there to help bring down the evil King Risick - the man who seized co ...Show more
Category: NZ Young Adult Fiction
When Ezaara’s powerful dragon master, Roberto, is captured by Commander Zens, her world is thrown into turmoil. Why is the council refusing to rescue Roberto, her clandestine lover? And why do the caverns of Dragons’ Hold echo with whispers of a prophecy unfulfilled? A prophecy that says she ...Show more
Category: NZ Young Adult Fiction
A busload of high school students crashes in the bush in a remote part of Aotearoa, New Zealand. Only a few of the teenagers survive; they find their phones don't work, there's no food, and they've only got their wits to keep them alive. There's also something strange happening here. Why are the teenage ...Show more
Category: NZ Young Adult Fiction
Katie struggles with anxiety and compulsive behaviour disorders. She self-harms and is seeing a counsellor. When she starts dating it only increases her anxieties. Then her parents hear her Yiayia (grandmother) is ill in Greece and may be dying. The family decide to visit. Reluctant at first Katie ...Show more
Category: NZ Young Adult Fiction | Series: The Covenant Keeper
Ocean’s Kiss is a Telesa World novel, inspired by the warrior goddesses of Pasifika mythology. A stranger from Daniel Tahi’s past appears bringing vital secrets and memories long thought lost. Now it appears that though Pele the fire goddess may have been defeated, there are others who stil ...Show more
Category: NZ Young Adult Fiction
Three strange men stood behind her. 'You're not alone on Teddy Carnival's Beach,' said one, not asking a question but sounding as if he were giving her a warning. The Hamiltons look forward to their annual Christmas holiday on the New Zealand coast. Jack and Naomi, their five children and their guests ...Show more
Category: NZ Young Adult Fiction
A love story peppered with sadness and featuring two heroes who will break your heart and then mend it again. Alex meets Jamie at the same time as finding out that her leukaemia has returned. She discovers that he is bipolar, but he is also irresistible. It complicates things. Alex and Jamie sweep reade ...Show more
