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
You Choose: Extreme Sports Adventure: Could You Be A Monster Wave Surfer? by Matt Doeden
$16.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories | Series: You Choose: Extreme Sports Adventures Ser.
Surf's up Do you have what it takes to surf a monster wave? Test your skills against the extreme--and dangerous--sport of big wave surfing. In this sport, one false move can lead to a deadly wipeout. Will you catch a wave to victory?
You Choose: Extreme Sports Adventure: Could You Be A Big Mountain Skier? by Blake Hoena
$16.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories | Series: You Choose: Extreme Sports Adventures Ser.
Do you have what it takes to freeski down a steep slope? Test your skills against the extreme--and dangerous--sport of big mountain skiing. In this sport, one false move can be deadly. Will you ride your way into victory?
Children of the Rush (#2) by James Russell
$21.99 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | 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
21% Monster: Serpent Strike by P.J. Canning
$16.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories | Series: 21% Monster Ser.
Fun, fast-paced, high-octane action adventure, 21% Monster is a perfect page-turning series for fans of Alex Rider, Percy Jackson and the MCU generation.For once, 21% monster teenage-boy Darren Devlin thinks he has the upper hand over Xastris, the secret organisation that transformed him into a genetica ...Show more