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Arabel and Mortimer Stories by Joan Aiken
$26.99 NZD
Category: Humour
When Arabel's father drives his taxi home late one night he comes across 'a large black bird, with a hairy fringe around its beak.' He takes it home and, from that moment on, life is never the same again for the Jones family. Arabel's raven is called Mortimer - and he's one in a million. 'Nevermore!' h ...Show more
Arabel's Raven by Joan Aiken
$14.99 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction 5-9-year-olds
When Mr Jones brings home an injured raven, his four-year-old daughter Arabel falls in love at first sight. She names the bird Mortimer and the pair soon find themselves involved in a series of adventures.
Bridle the Wind (Felix #2) by Joan Aiken
$19.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Felix
Packed-off to boarding school and bullied by his peers, Felix feels sad and trapped. Although he has a home in England, his heart lies in Spain - so he runs away. But Felix's journey is cut short when his ship is caught in a storm off the French coast. Despite being shipwrecked and then held prisoner in ...Show more
Ghostly Beasts by Joan Aiken
$26.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
This is a collection of ghostly short stories.
Go Saddle the Sea (Felix #1) by Joan Aiken
$19.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Felix
Despised by his Spanish relatives and ignored by his distant grandfather, twelve-year-old orphan Felix Brooke is lonely and unhappy. So when he's given a parcel with a blood-stained letter from his dead father, it inspires him to track down his long-lost English family. Felix packs his bag, jumps on his ...Show more
Midnight is a Place by Joan Aiken
$19.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
Lucas is lonely. Orphaned and sent to live with his formidable guardian in a vast mansion, he longs for a friend. Then Anna-Marie arrives. She's spoilt and wilful - and practically half his age. Lucas feels more alone than ever. But one night something terrible happens. Lucas and Anna-Marie face a terri ...Show more
Mortimer and the Sword Excalibur (Arabel and Mortimer #5) by Joan Aiken; Quentin Blake (Illustrator)
$16.98 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction 5-9-year-olds | Series: Arabel and Mortimer
This is the fifth title about Arabel and her beloved but impossible raven, Mortimer. An enormous hole is being dug in the park and rumour has it that King Arthur's round table is buried there. None of this interests Mortimer however; his fancy has been taken by the giant grass-cutting machine, the Lawn ...Show more
The Gift Giving: Favourite Stories by Joan Aiken
$24.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
Joan Aiken is justly famous for her Wolves of Willoughby Chase series of novels, but her greatest love was for short stories, which she wrote prolifically throughout her long career: 'Favourite stories, like unexpected presents, are things that you can keep and cherish all your life, carry with you, in ...Show more
The Kingdom Under the Sea by Joan Aiken
$35.00 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction 5-9-year-olds
This is a wonderful new reissued edition of the classic Joan Aiken short story collection illustrated with Jan Pienkowski's iconic silhouettes. These East European fairytales have it all: drama, magic, heroes, fairies, dragons, mermaids, adventure, bravery and beauty...
The Kingdom and the Cave by Joan Aiken
$19.98 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: VMC
'The Under People. They live in a huge Cave. They are thought to be boring upwards. Giant worms and flying ants. Underground magic.' Mickle, the palace cat, knows something is wrong. He can feel it in his whiskers. Then he finds scribbled notes revealing that the kingdom in danger. (Yes, of course he ca ...Show more
The Spiral Stair (Arabel and Mortimer #6) by Joan Aiken
$16.98 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction 5-9-year-olds | Series: Arabel and Mortimer
With Noah the boa using his coils to work the doughnut machine and with the three giraffes tangled upon the spiral stair, Mortimer's first night in a zoo was one to be remembered for a long, long time.
The Teeth of the Gale (Felix #3) by Joan Aiken
$19.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Felix
"Don Francisco wants you home, and in double-quick time, too. We must leave tomorrow at dawn ..." Felix's heart sinks at Pedro's words. What can be wrong? Is his beloved grandfather ill? Dashing and loyal, he speeds towards Villaverde - and a rescue mission. Donna Conchita's children are kidnapped and F ...Show more