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1918: Broken Poppies (Kiwis at War) by Des Hunt
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction | Series: Kiwis at War
Four Christmases have passed since the world went to war in 1914. Struggling to survive in the trenches, close to enemy lines, amid the terror of gunfire and the whine of warplanes, Kiwi soldier Henry Hunt rescues a shaken little dog. He has no idea he'll soon be facing a disciplinary hearing. To Henry' ...Show more
A Friend in Paradise by Des Hunt
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
When Robbie Walker's father dies of cancer, he takes out his anger on anyone near. In the hope of saving what remains of their family, Robbie's mother sends him off to spend the summer holidays on Uncle Jim's farm where his father grew up. There, in a hidden valley called Paradise, Robbie discovers a ne ...Show more
Climate Change (Inside Bubble Earth) by Des Hunt
40.00 NZD
Category: Environmental Issues
What causes climate? What changes climate? Des Hunt takes us on an in-depth look at the science of climate and what we can all do to help the earth thrive. Favourite Kiwi eco-fiction writer, Des Hunt, presents the facts about the changes in the world’s climate and the effects of human actions in this no ...Show more
Cool Nukes by Des Hunt
18.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
Take one cutting-edge science professor. Add two shocking laboratory explosions. Mix in an avalanche of cryptic messages and three science-geek students-and you have the recipe for a nuclear device that could solve all of humankind's energy problems! Max, Jian Xin and Cleo are making something spectacul ...Show more
Crown Park by Des Hunt
18.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
Jack Stewart hates his new life in Taupo until he meets Fluoro, Taupo's most visible street person. Fluoro lives in a old explosion crater in Crown Park, which provides a link to the last eruption of Lake Taupo, two thousand years before. With Fluoro's help, Jack learns to take his mind back to that tim ...Show more
Cry of the Taniwha by Des Hunt
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
Matt Logan isn't looking forward to spending the school holidays with his grandmother and her new husband. He has to fly to Rotorua, where he doesn't know anybody, and he's a bit wary of his new step-grandfather. All Matt knows is that he's Maori and a bus driver. Along with his worries, Matt packs his ...Show more
Deadly Feathers by Des Hunt
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
Noah Larsen lives in the big city, enjoying fast-foods, movies, and heaps of mates. That's until his parents decide to move to Stewart Island. Looking at a map, Noah sees the island as the most desolate place on earth, stuck way down south, almost at the bottom of the world. The reality, when he gets th ...Show more
Eagle Swamp by Des Hunt
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
Geology expert Professor Mike Rackman is studying the Alpine Fault, a 600 km long crack that runs the length of New Zealand's South Island. Every 300 years or so, the fault cracks causing massive earthquakes and tsunami. Mike hopes his studies will help predict the next big one. Unfortunately, he disapp ...Show more
Frog Whistle Mine by Des Hunt
22.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
Set in Charleston, a gold-mining ghost town 30km south of Westport, Frog Whistle Mine is another of Des Hunt's trademark exciting, beautifully written contemporary action adventure stories for children, with ecological themes. Twelve-year-old Tony has lived all around New Zealand, travelling with his no ...Show more
Project Huia by Des Hunt
18.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
As children, Logan's grandfather and his sister Mavis spotted a beautiful and unusual bird in the kowhai tree outside their house: it was a huia, which was believed to be extinct. In an attempt to photograph it they tracked it deep into the Manawatu Gorge. This was a dangerous journey, made even more s ...Show more
Recycling (Inside Bubble Earth) by Des Hunt
40.00 NZD
Category: Environmental Issues
We are living in the age of plastic a substance that has changed our lives and made our waste management practices redundant. How do we solve this problem? And if we don't what is the outcome? Ends with actions the reader can take. Highly illustrated, highly informative. A follow-up to 'Inside Bubble Ea ...Show more
Red Edge by Des Hunt
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction
Twelve-year-old Cassi Whelan and her dad have just moved into a repaired house on the edge of Christchurch's Red Zone. Although Cassi was only four when earthquakes decimated Christchurch, her memories still haunt her. An obsessive runner, she finds the wide-open spaces of the cleared Red Zone suit her ...Show more