The Fire Stallion by Stacy Gregg
18.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
An enchanting and empowering standalone story from the author of The Princess and the Foal. Twelve-year-old Hilly has landed her dream job, riding on the set of Brunhilda, an epic film based on the fearless warrior of Icelandic legend. Norse fire ritual tells that on mid-summer's day, animals and humans ...Show more
1915: Wounds of War (Kiwis at War) by Diana Menefy
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction | Series: Kiwis at War
Mel and her cousin Harriet are keen to nurse brave Kiwi boys fighting in the Great War, half a world away. But when they join the NZ Army Nursing Service and board a hospital ship headed for Egypt, Anzac Cove and beyond, they have little idea of the horrors they will face, the wounds they will tend, and ...Show more
1916: Dig for Victory (Kiwis at War) by David Hair
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction | Series: Kiwis at War
As we Otago lads have only enough men for two squadrons, the General has decided that we are to be merged with the incoming Maori contingents to form a new battalion. Our new battalion will be Pioneers, doing behind-the-lines work: building barracks, railroads, roads and trenches. As you can imagine, Fa ...Show more
Cricket Crazy by Vivienne Bailey
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
MORE STOCK ARRIVING SOON Tom Willard is a cricket-crazy eleven-year-old who lives in Wellington with solo dad, Dave, and Archie the dog. He dreams of making the junior rep cricket squad and playing at the fabled Basin Reserve, but his prized cricket bat has disappeared and he's got to face Menace Mitch ...Show more
Journey to Tangiwai (My New Zealand Story) by David Hill; Minky Stapleton
21.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
When Peter Cotterill begins his diary in 1953, little does he realise that something is happening elsewhere in New Zealand that is going to have a huge impact on his life. As he tells of his day-to-day life in Napier School, paper round, Scouts, as well as the lasting effects of World War II on his frie ...Show more
Toitoi #29 (Spring 2022) 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
First Flight: A Collection of Stories from Ngati Kahungunu Ki Wairarapa by Maxine Hemi
15.00 NZD
Category: Maori Myths and Legends
This is a collection of short stories for children and young adults about people and events of Ngati Kahungunu, an iwi or Maori tribe of Aotearoa New Zealand. The majority of the stories focus on key events in the life of Ngati Kahungunu chief Nukupewapewa. The other stories in the collection tell abou ...Show more
The Bad Smell Hotel by Leela Chakraborti; Rajorshi Chakraborti
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
It’s 2050, and the world of Jerry, Aina and Dr Winnie Ngata is very different from ours. Most humans have an easy life. There are robots to make you a smoothie, take your avatar on a VR tour of any city you like, or bring anyone you’re missing as a hologram in front of you.But why are more and more peop ...Show more
Rafferty Ferret: Ratbag by Sherryl Jordan
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
Raffery is raised by monks. Misfortune strikes and he is outcast. He uses his cunning and charm to develop a trade for himself - as a ratcatcher - and rat liberator.
Dunger by Joy Cowley
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
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?
Body-Hopping Hysterics by Tom E. Moffatt
19.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
Not all superpowers are a good thing. Especially NOT if your mum has them. Or if they're fuelled by embarrassment. And what if you can't find your way back home? Jump out of your skin with these hilarious short stories by award-winning author, Tom E. Moffatt. But don't leave your body unattended for lo ...Show more
Port Mugaloo (Elastic Island Adventures #2) by Karen McMillan
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction | Series: Elastic Island Adventures
Four children, Kiri, Jed, and twins Emma and Ethan, discover an ‘elastic’ island that can send them pinging across the ocean to a variety of tropical island destinations. Their last destination spelt trouble, so this time the children are determined to have a relaxed and safe time when they visit Port M ...Show more