Children of the Rush (#2) by James Russell
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction | Series: The Children of the Rush
All is well in Gabriel's Gully, the ramshackle gold rush town. But not for long. Michael and Atarangi have become firm friends with Siu, a Chinese miner's daughter who came to the schoolhouse to learn. But when bad news from the coast draws their parents away, things take a shocking turn. Disaster strik ...Show more
Annual 3: A Miscellany from Aotearoa New Zealand by Susan Paris & Kate De Goldi (Editors)
45.00 NZD
Category: Annuals | Series: Annual
A TREASURE CHEST BRIMMING WITH DELIGHTS A unique, entertaining miscellany of all-new material for 9–13-year-olds in one beautifully presented package. Alongside familiar names (Paul Beavis, Giselle Clarkson, Ant Sang, Gavin Bishop, Kimberly Andrews, Tim Denee, Johanna Knox, Dylan Horrocks, Josh Morgan) ...Show more
The Astromancer: The Rising of Matariki (Te Kо̄kо̄rangi: Te Aranga o Matariki English Edition) by Witi Ihimaera; Isobel Joy Te Aho-White
25.00 NZD
Category: Maori Myths and Legends
The Astromancer is looking for four new apprentices to learn about Matariki and the Maramataka calendar. She chooses three boys and an orphan girl, Aria, who will come only if she can bring her smelly dog. Aria, though, is bored by the lessons, and she doesn't want to be told what to do. But these are d ...Show more
Mata Lulu by Lani Wendt Young
30.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
A collection of fun, fearsome and fanciful stories from Samoa for children. Recommended for Ages 8 to 12 (and for the child in all of us!) Ten stories inspired by our Samoan legends and mythology, from rich memories of a childhood growing up in Samoa, the fagogo of our elders, and woven with the uniquen ...Show more
Toitoi #32 (Winter 2023) by edited by Charlotte Gibbs
23.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction | Series: Toitoi
Toitoi 32 is our fantastic winter issue, with stunning cover art by Meilan George-Cawte, age 11.
The Grimmelings by Rachael King
25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
The same evening Josh Underhill went missing, the black horse appeared on the hill above the house. Thirteen-year-old Ella knows that words are powerful. So she should have known better than to utter a wish and a curse on the same day, even in jest. When the boy she has cursed goes missing, in the same ...Show more
Odd Wolf Out (#1 Faelan the Wolf) by Juliette Maclver
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction | Series: Faelan the Wolf
Brand new animal fantasy series! The first of three funny, full-of-heart adventures in this new fantasy series that follows a gentle but determined vegetarian wolf named Faelan (which means ‘Little Wolf’ in Gaelic), who is something of a misfit, derided by the other wolves in the pack. He would rather ...Show more
Dawn Raid (My New Zealand Story) by Pauline Smith
21.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction | Series: My New Zealand Story
Like many 13-year-old girls, Sofia’s main worries are how to get some groovy go-go boots, and how not to die of embarrassment giving a speech at school! But when her older brother starts talking about protests and overstayers, and how Pacific Islanders are being bullied by the police, a shadow is cast o ...Show more
Amorangi and Millie's Trip Through Time by Lauren Keenan
26.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
Amorangi and Millie lost their mum. Their only clue to her whereabouts is a carving on a tree that says "I’m in the past! Rescue me!". To do this, Amorangi and Millie must travel up every branch of their family tree and collect an object from each ancestor they meet. They must then be back in the modern ...Show more
Once Upon a Wickedness by Fleur Beale
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
An exciting adventure novel for contemporary kids with a fairytale setting, a daring hero and message that you're never too young and powerless to stand up to tyrants! What happens when a group of school children, led by the resourceful ten-year-old Dance Violet, dare to ask those in power some hard qu ...Show more
An Unfamiliar Place (Dragon Defenders #3) by James Russell
23.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction | Series: The Dragon Defenders
The Pitbull's plans to capture the dragons from Flynn and Paddy's paradise island have been spoiled twice already, so he's hell-bent on revenge. But first he must find a way to lure the brothers to the city. Meanwhile to punish his niece Briar for her betrayal, the Pitbull locks her up in a prison cell, ...Show more
The Raven's Song by Zana Fraillon, Bren MacDibble
19.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
A wonderful children's novel by two stellar writers featuring Shelby and Phoenix, living 100 years apart yet unexpectedly joined across time - and each make the discovery of a lifetime that has the potential to upend their worlds. 'This is how we have to live now.'Shelby and her best friend Davy live qu ...Show more