ZSL Big Cats by Michael Cox
$23.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
This fearsomely gripping big cat catalogue is the first of a series of books looking at different animal groups, starting with Big Cats. This highly engaging information book makes the world of exotic animals accessible to young readers. Packed with amazing facts, stories and high interest information a ...Show more
Zac and the Dream Pirates by Ross Mackenzie
$21.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
Everybody dreams. That's the problem. Good dreams are sweet. Bad dreams are scary, but what happens if the worst sort of nightmares take over? Zac Wonder is about to find out. On the stroke of midnight, he is plunged into an extraordinary world on the other side of sleep. Is he still dreaming? Has he go ...Show more
Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xiran Jay Zhao
$16.99 NZD
Category: Fantasy, Magic and Science Fiction
Zachary Ying has never learned about his Chinese heritage. So when he's chosen to host the spirit of the First Emperor of China for a vital mission, he is woefully unprepared. As a result, the Emperor botches his attempt to possess Zack's body and binds to his AR gaming headset instead. Now, with the le ...Show more
Zadie Ma and the Dog Who Chased the Moon by Gabrielle Wang
$21.00 NZD
Category: Fantasy, Magic and Science Fiction
Readers Cup 2023 Meet Zadie Ma, a girl who writes magical stories that sometimes come true. Can Zadie bring to life her most important story of all... the one where she finds Jupiter, the dog of her dreams? From one of Australia's most esteemed and award-winning children's authors comes a heartwarming s ...Show more
Zafir (Through My Eyes) by Prue Mason
$19.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Through My Eyes
A gripping story of one child's experience of the civil war in Syria Zafir has a comfortable life in Homs, Syria, until his father, a doctor, is arrested for helping a protester who was campaigning for revolution. While his mother heads to Damascus to try to find out where his father is being held, ...Show more
Zeina Starborn and the Sky Whale by Hannah Durkan
$19.99 NZD
Category: Fantasy, Magic and Science Fiction
*Winner of the Northern Writers' Award 2020*When Zeina Starborn's dream of exploring the skies becomes a reality, she finds herself in a daring adventure beyond her wildest imagination. Meet explorers, inventors, and mighty sky whales in this richly inventive fantasy, perfect for 9+ fans of BRIGHTSTORM ...Show more
Zeke Battle: Earthquake Boy by Doug Wilson
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
The Ring of Fire, the necklace of earthquakes and volcanoes around the Pacific, from Chile, to California, to Japan and Iran and back to New Zealand has become hugely active. Wellington is smashed. Can anyone find a way to slow or even stop the cataclysms? Zeke battle, a homeless and orphan boy has an a ...Show more
Zeraffa Giraffa by Dianne Hofmeyr
$18.98 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
This is the astonishing true story of Zeraffa, a giraffe who was sent as a gift from Egypt to France in 1826. A young boy, Atir, takes care of Zeraffa on her epic journey and the sailors sing songs as she gazes down at them. In France, Atir leads her through the countryside, and thousands of people ma ...Show more
Zero to Hero by Seb Goffe
$18.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Wired
Will is football mad, but he's the shortest boy in the year, and one of the slowest. He knows his skills at passing and ball control could make up for his lack of size and strength, but the team coach is only interested in speed and strength. Will Will ever get a chance to show what he can do?
Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom Graphic Novel
$21.99 NZD
Category: Graphic Books | Series: Heroes in Training
After pulling a magical thunderbolt from a stone, ten-year-old Zeus goes on the adventure of a lifetime in this first graphic novel adapted from the popular Heroes in Training series! The terrible Titans—merciless giants who enjoy snacking on humans—have dominated the earth and driven the world into cha ...Show more
Zita the Spacegirl (#1) by Ben Hatke
$19.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Zita the Spacegirl
When her best friend is abducted by an alien doomsday cult, Zita leaps to the rescue and finds herself a stranger on a strange planet. Humanoid chickens and neurotic robots are shocking enough as new experiences go, but Zita is even more surprised to find herself taking on the role of intergalactic hero ...Show more
Zoid (Scavenger #1) by Paul Stewart
$14.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Scavenger
Scavenger: Zoid is the first in a brilliant sci-fi adventure series from the team behind The Edge Chronicles - Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell. A spaceship the size of a city drifts through space on its century-long journey to find a new Earth. When it launched it was populated by thousands of hopeful pa ...Show more