Peggy Little-Legs by Pip Jones
16.00 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Little Gems Ser.
A little sausage dog discovers that she has strengths of her very own in this adorable gem from bestselling author Pip Jones, perfect for dog lovers. Peggy the sausage dog feels really sad when she finds she's too small to really compete with the other dogs at puppy school. Her little legs and long body ...Show more
Jodie by Hilary McKay
18.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction
Trapped and alone on the salt marshes, Jodie is troubled by a haunting presence in this eerily atmospheric ghost story from multi-award-winning author Hilary McKay. Jodie never wanted to come on the residential trip to the field centre. A loner at school, she's forced into a dormitory with other girls f ...Show more
The Broken Dragon by Karen McCombie
17.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction
Tyra gets off to a tough start at her new school. She's loud and different and nobody seems to beparticularly friendly. So when her nan gives her a beautiful china snow dragon, Tyra's decides to take it toschool, hoping that people will think it's interesting and talk to her. But disaster strikes and th ...Show more
The Boy Who Stole the Pharaoh's Lunch by Karen McCombie; Anneli Bray (Illustrator)
17.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction
While awaiting punishment in his headmaster's office for his latest piece of mischief, prankster Seth picks up an Egyptian amulet from the desk and is whisked back in time to Ancient Egypt. In a village by the Nile, Seth finds a place for himself, working for the local tradesmen and playing with the loc ...Show more
The Den by Keith Gray; Tom Clohosy Cole (Cover Design by)
19.00 NZD
Category: Senior Fiction
Marshall feels the need to escape because things are so tough at home. Rory is just happy it's the first day of the summer holidays.While out on their bikes they stumble across a long-forgotten underground bunker at the edge of the woods. This is the den, and going down inside will stretch their friends ...Show more
The Storm and the Minotaur by Lucy Strange; Pam Smy (Illustrator)
18.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction
Money is scarce in George's family and so at the age of nine he has to join his father underground, hewing coal in the local mine. It's far from the dreams George had of continuing his education, and it's also a dangerous way to earn a living that has already claimed the life of his dad's older brother. ...Show more
Young Merlin (#1 Merlin) by Tony Bradman
18.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction
Merlin's known that he's different all his life. People avoid him in the street and snigger about his mum. Plus he keeps having these terrible nightmares. So when the king's men come to take him to court he's only a little surprised. But what lies ahead is beyond anything he could have imagined.
Calling the Whales by Jasbinder Bilan
18.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction
After rowing out to an island near their seaside home, Tulsi and Satchen discover a whale that has been trapped in a fishing net. Determined to try to free the poor creature, they repeatedly dive down into the freezing sea to cut the netting, but eventually, exhausted and with a storm rolling in, they ...Show more
Plague: A Cross on the Door by Ann Turnbull
16.00 NZD
Category: High Interest, Quick Reads, Dyslexia Friendly
"In sixteen hundred and sixty-five there was hardly anyone left alive." Spring 1665, London Sam was just a young boy when his master took him out of the orphanage to be his servant. When he was old enough, he was going to become his master's apprentice, a shoemaker, able to make his own way in the world ...Show more
Terror Kid by Benjamin Zephaniah
27.00 NZD
Category: Senior Fiction
Rico knows trouble. He knows the look of it and the sound of it. He also knows to stay away from it as best he can. Because if there's one thing his Romany background has taught him, it's that he will always be a suspect. Despite his efforts to stay on the right side of the law, Rico is angry and frust ...Show more
Greyfields (Mission Alert #3) by Benjamin Hulme-Cross
12.00 NZD
Category: High Interest, Quick Reads, Dyslexia Friendly | Series: High/Low
When the only way to get at a target is by using a child, MI5 bring in special agents Tom and Zilla to help. Something is going on at Greyfields nuclear power plant and Tom and Zilla need to find out what. Can they sneak into a camp of anti-nuclear protesters and foil the plans of a Russian spy? Bloomsb ...Show more
All Too Much (#1 Hopewell High) by Jo Cotterill
15.00 NZD
Category: High Interest, Quick Reads, Dyslexia Friendly | Series: Hopewell High
Samira wants to do well, her parents want her to do well, her teachers want her to do well, but the pressure is starting to tell. Can her friends rescue her when it all gets too much' Bloomsbury High Low books encourage and support reading practice by providing gripping, age-appropriate stories for stru ...Show more