No Words by Maryam Master
$19.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
Hero doesn't feel like a hero, but sometimes she feels as if the universe is asking her to be one. When Aria, a mysterious boy who never EVER speaks, starts at school and is picked on by His Royal Thug-ness Doofus (Rufus), Hero and her bestie Jaz feel compelled to help. But they're far too chicken to ac ...Show more
Exit Through the Gift Shop by Maryam Master
$19.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
Anahita Rosalind Ghorban-Galaszczuk (yes, that really is her name but you can call her Ana) is discovering that life is absurd. As if dying of cancer at the age of 12.5 isn't bad enough, she still has to endure daily insults from her nemesis, Alyssa (Queen Mean) Anderson. Ana's on a wild rollercoaster o ...Show more
Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall
$29.99 NZD
Category: Hardback Picture Books
A lavish and moving tribute to a beloved place in the vein of Hello Lighthouse from two-time Caldecott Medallist, Sophie Blackall Step inside the dollhouse-like interior of Farmhouse and relish the daily life of the family that lives there, rendered in impeccable, thrilling detail. Based on a real famil ...Show more
The Light in Everything by Katya Balen
$16.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
This is the story of Tom and Zofia. Tom is quiet and careful and is only just starting to feel safe, even though his dad has been in jail for nearly two years now. Zofia is the opposite. Inside her there's a storm that's always raging and it makes her want to run and shout and fight the whole world to m ...Show more
Eddy, Eddy by Kate De Goldi
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Teen Fiction
Eddy Smallbone (orphan) is grappling with identity, love, loss, and religion. It's two years since he blew up his school life and the earthquakes felled his city. Home life is maddening. His pet-minding job is expanding in peculiar directions. And now the past and the future have come calling - in unexp ...Show more
Across the Risen Sea by Bren MacDibble
$18.99 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
'It's one of them days when everything is off. A hot sweaty night in Rusty Bus means we kids is all grouchy-tired. Me and my best friend, Jaguar, is trying to cool down by taking turns at dipping in the sea pool. Him standing on the sea wall made from car frames and rocks on lookout for crocs, me swimmi ...Show more
A Clue for Clara (#1 Little Dismal) by Lian Tanner
$21.99 NZD
Category: Mystery and Detective Stories | Series: Little Dismal
'GREETINGS. AM LOOKING FOR A MAJOR CRIME TO SOLVE. PLEASE INFORM ME OF ANY RECENT MURDERS, KIDNAPPINGS OR JEWEL HEISTS IN THIS AREA.' Clara wants to be a famous detective with her own TV show. She can read claw marks, find missing feathers and knows morse code and semaphore. There's just one problem. S ...Show more
White Lies, Maori Legends and Fairytales by Falstaff Dowling-Mitchell
$36.99 NZD
Category: NZ Teen Fiction
White Lies, Maori Legends and Fairytales is a powerful, engaging story about a boy called Petera, and his best mate Hone, growing up in small town Aotearoa. The book is full of childhood antics and adventure - surfing the sand dunes, dreaming of being an All Black, doing anything they can to stop a weir ...Show more
Hunted (#1 The Deadlands) by Skye Melki-Wegner
$18.99 NZD
Category: Fantasy, Magic and Science Fiction | Series: The Deadlands
"The last surviving dinosaur kingdoms are waging war. Eleri is an oryctodromeus, a small dinosaur raised in an underground warren. He dreams of becoming his herd’s storyteller but when he saves an enemy soldier from a pterosaur attack, he is exiled to the Deadlands. To survive this scorched desert full ...Show more
The Impossible Story of Hannah Kemp by Leonie Agnew
$22.99 NZD
Category: NZ Teen Fiction
This unpublished manuscript was the winner of the 2022 Tessa Duder Award: a powerful exploration of guilt, forgiveness, choice and personal responsibility. Hannah Kemp is dealing with a traumatic accident for which she was responsible. Struggling to come to terms with her guilt, she is ostracized in a ...Show more
Rebel Skies by Ann Sei Lin
$21.99 NZD
Category: Fantasy, Magic and Science Fiction | Series: Rebel Skies 1
A fantasy adventure set in a world of flying ships and sky cities, where chosen ones have the ability to bring paper to life and work as Crafters – people who hunt wild paper spirits called shikigami. Inspired by Asian culture and exploring themes of empire, slavery and freedom. Kurara has never known a ...Show more
Milo Imagines The World by Matt de la Pena
$17.99 NZD
Category: Paperback Picture Books
Milo Imagines the World is a warm and richly satisfying story from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling picture book duo, about a little boy with a big imagination who learns that you can't know anyone just by looking at them. Set in a bustling city, and full of a family love that binds even ...Show more