To and Fro by Anton Clifford-Motopi
$19.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
Sam tries to understand what it means to be black in this funny Australian story about identity, family and friendship.Most kids meet their parents when they're born. All they need to do to impress them is poop, sleep and make goo-goo ga-ga sounds. But I'm twelve. None of that is going to impress my fat ...Show more
Island by David Almond
$19.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
A hopeful and moving coming-of-age story set on the island of Lindisfarne, by David Almond, author of the bestselling Skellig and A Song for Ella Grey: now with fantastic illustrations by the award-winning David Litchfield. Louise has travelled with her father to the island of Lindisfarne every year eve ...Show more
Beverly, Right Here by Kate DiCamillo
$24.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
Beverly Tapinski has run away from home plenty of times, but that was when she was just a kid. By now, she figures, it's not running away. It's leaving. Determined to make it on her own, Beverly finds a job and a place to live and tries to forget about her dog, Buddy, now buried underneath the orange tr ...Show more
The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips by Michael Morpurgo; Michael Foreman (Illustrator)
$19.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
A heartwarming tale of courage, set against the backdrop of the Second World War, about a deserted village, a lifelong friendship and one very adventurous cat!'A master storyteller at his best' Sunday TimesIt's 1943. Lily lives in a seaside village and her life is scarcely touched by the war. Until one ...Show more
Green by Alex Gino
$29.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
Middle-grade superstar author Alex Gino returns to the world they began with Melissa and Rick with Green, the story of a non-binary middle-schooler named Green who comes into their own in no small part by fighting for gender-free casting in their school's production of The Wizard of Oz.
My Brilliant Plan to Fix Everything by Ben Davis
$21.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
A heartfelt, funny novel about a son taking over his father's postal delivery job in the hopes of bringing his family back together. 12-year-old Alex is distraught when his parents separate, so he hatches a plan that he's sure will get his parents back together. All he needs to do is get his dad to fini ...Show more
Smoke & Mirrors by Barry Jonsberg
$22.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
Grace McKellon isn't a 'people person'. All she needs is her magic tricks and her wise-cracking grandmother - until a new friend comes along and promises to make her a social media star. A wonderful and intriguing middle fiction novel from an internationally acclaimed, bestselling Australian author. I d ...Show more
Countdown to Yesterday by Shirley Marr
$21.00 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
From the incredible mind of multi-award-winning Australian children's author Shirley Marr comes a beautiful story for young readers about memories, family, friendship, The Australian Women's Weekly Children's Birthday Cake Book, David Bowie and time travel! James wishes he could go back in time. Back t ...Show more
The Hudson, The Hunt & The Helicopter by Joan Joass
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
When Oliver goes to stay with his grandparents on Herald Island, he discovers what he thinks is an old shipwreck in the Upper Waitemata Harbour. When they do some online research, Oliver and his grandfather discover the shipwreck is actually an old World War II airplane, a Hudson. They try to have a clo ...Show more
The Daredevils by Rob Buyea
$20.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
Readers on the cusp of adolescence will find much to love in this novel by the author of the beloved MR. TERUPT series, that follows twin siblings Loretta and Waylon, and new friend Louie, the summer before middle grade, as they embark on a series of adventures which also prove to be life lessons in the ...Show more
The Horse Who Came Home by Olivia Tuffin
$19.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
Love of ponies, or loyalty to family? Hannah faces an impossible choice when she learns the truth about her family's stables.
Chasing the Stars by Siobhan Curham
$18.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
The second book featuring the new generation of Brighton-based Moonlight Dreamers. The Moonlight Dreamers have all gone their separate ways for their half term, each returning with a new dream for their future. Jazz has fallen for the handsome singer that's working with her music producer dad; glamorou ...Show more