The Good Bear by Sarah Lean
$16.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
A beautiful story for readers aged 9+ that will warm your heart and take you on an adventure you will never forget. From the bestselling author of A DOG CALLED HOMELESS, this is the perfect for fans of Michael Morpurgo, Lauren St John and Sara Pennypacker's PAX. It's the Christmas holidays and Thea is ...Show more
A Definitely Different Summer by Elizabeth Pulford
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
Junior mystery/adventure fiction from talented children's writer weaves in NZ history with contemporary themes: A kid dealing with the boredom of school holidays, discovers outdoor adventure, mystery and unexpected friendship. When 12-year-old Kathleen O'Donnell (known as Cricket) and her parents head t ...Show more
How To Train Your Dad by Gary Paulsen
$19.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
From the living legend and award-winning author of Hatchet comes a laugh-out-loud eco-adventure about a boy, his free-thinking dad and the puppy-training pamphlet that turns their summer upside down. Twelve-year-old Carl is fed up with his dad; he may be brilliant, but bin-diving for food, scouring thr ...Show more
My Australian Story: Don Bradman and Me by Peter Allen
$19.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories | Series: My Australian Story
The Don is my hero because he is the greatest batsman in the world. Dad says all Australians are proud of The Don, even those who don't normally follow cricket. He says The Don is an inspiration to everyone, because whenever he gets a big score, people smile and forget about their troubles. There are lo ...Show more
Famous Five Adventures Collection: Five and a Half-Term Adventure, George's Hair is Too Long & Good Old Timmy by Enid Blyton
$24.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories | Series: Famous Five: Short Stori Ser.
All the excitement of a Famous Five adventure in three full-colour short stories, perfect for newly confident readersJulian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy enjoy three exciting adventures in this collection, fully illustrated with bright new pictures. In the first story Timmy sniffs out an adventure when ...Show more
The Lion Above the Door by Onjali Q. Rauf
$19.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
From Onjali Q. Rauf, the award-winning and best-selling author of The Boy at the Back of the Class, comes an incredible story about missing histories and the concept of a universal family, told with humour and heart. Leo and his best friend Sangeetha are the odd ones out in their school. In fact, they ...Show more
Artichoke Hearts by Sita Brahmachari
$19.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
Winner of the 2011 Waterstone's Children's Book Prize. A heart-wrenching, evocative and intimate debut novel from a talented voice in children's fiction, now with a refreshed cover look.Twelve-year-old Mira comes from a chaotic, artistic and outspoken family where it's not always easy to be heard. As he ...Show more
Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger (#3 Wayside School) by Louis Sachar
$16.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
Unusual things continue to happen in the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story. When a substitute teacher is called to stand in for Mrs Jewls, it can mean only one thing strange things are going to happen at Wayside Sc ...Show more
How to Be Brave by Daisy May Johnson
$18.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories | Series: How To Be
A fizzingly funny, heartfelt middle-grade novel about a resourceful girl, her impractical mother and a kidnapping mystery. Some stories are about adventure. Some are about heroes. Some are about ducks. This one is about all three. Calla's mum has never been normal. She's been known to go out in a lab ...Show more
Journey to the Last River by Teddy Keen
$32.99 NZD
Category: Slip Case and Special Editions
A gripping and beautifully illustrated story set in the heart of the Amazon, featuring dramatic encounters with animals, dangerous rapids and extraordinary discoveries. I would mention the area's name, but I can't. All I can say is that this map would lead the two of us on an expedition into the heart o ...Show more
Brand New Boy by David Almond
$27.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
A charming, warm and witty tale from a master storyteller, winner of the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award and author of the Carnegie Medal-winning Skellig. George is not like any other kids in the class, or in fact like anyone Dan or his mates have ever met before. But George turns out to be cl ...Show more
When Fishes Flew: The Story of Elena's War by Michael Morpurgo
$24.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
This first new novel in two years from the Nation's Favourite Storyteller is a sweeping story of love and rescue – an unforgettable journey to the Greek island of Ithaca, and back in time to World War Two… Australian-Greek girl Nandi travels to her ancestors' home in Ithaca, and discovers – through a f ...Show more