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1914: Riding into War (Kiwis at War) by Susan Brocker
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Kiwis at War
Young Billy Bowman and his mate Jack get caught up in the excitement when war is declared in August 1914 and leave their jobs on the farm to rush off and enlist in the Mounted Rifles - because the war would 'probably be over by Christmas'. We follow their journey from the Awapuni training camp, to more ...Show more
Bess the Brave War Horse by Susan Brocker
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
This story is based on the true experiences of a remarkable horse called Bess, one of 10,000 NZ horses sent overseas to battle in World War One. Tragically, at the end of the war the horses could not return to New Zealand due to quarantine laws and a shortage of ships. Luckily for Bess, her master batt ...Show more
Brave Bess and the ANZAC Horses by Susan Brocker
$11.99 NZD
$19.99 (40% off)
Category: NZ History
Every year we celebrate our ANZAC heroes and commemorate the fallen at Gallipolli, wearing poppies in their memory every ANZAC Day. But there were other heroes and heroines of the First World War whose stories have remained largely untold - the horses shipped to the Middle East to carry our troops who f ...Show more
Caged by Susan Brocker
$20.99 NZD
Category: NZ Teen Fiction
A heart-wrenching story about Sam, a 14-year-old girl from a struggling homeless family, who is already involved in petty crime. She must face her own fears and her sense of what is right, to defy a dangerous drug criminal, and rescue starving dogs and their pups from an inhumane backyard breeder.
Dreams of Warriors by Susan Brocker
$19.98 NZD
Category: NZ Teen Fiction
Featherston in the Second World War is a tough and bleak place for fourteen-year-old Bella. Her father is away fighting overseas, while his family fight to save their farm from ruin and keep his dreams alive. Bella, her mother, and older sister have to cope with a herd of dairy cows, an unscrupulous nei ...Show more
Friday the Rebel Dog by Susan Brocker; Raymond McGrath
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
The collie dog slipped silently through the starlit night. She could smell sheep in the valley, hundreds of them. She knew what she had to do, and she had to do it quickly and quietly. This is the tale of New Zealands most notorious sheep-stealer and his loyal working dog. More than 160 years ago, James ...Show more
Ice by Susan Brocker
$20.99 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
Night was falling, dark and dank. The dog stood beside the wreckage, gazing up at the sky. Slowly a large red moon rose over the mountain, flooding the snow in bloody light. Ice lifted her muzzle to the moon and howled, long and sad. When Zac chooses the rescue dog with the startling ice-blue eyes, litt ...Show more
Mrs Chippy the Cat by Susan Brocker, Raymond McGrath
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
Mrs Chippy, trotting along the ship’s railings, was the first to spot the pack ice. It spread out before The Endurance like floating white chunks of a gigantic jigsaw. Penguins and seals watched the ship from the ice floes as they sailed by, and whales and orca popped up to spy on them. This is the tal ...Show more
Pelorus Jack the Dolphin Guide by Susan Brocker
$21.99 NZD
Category: NZ Picture Books
This is the heart-warming tale of Pelorus Jack, a rare white Risso’s dolphin who delighted passengers over 100 years ago as he guided steamships through the rough waters of French Pass into the calm waters of the Marlborough Sounds. Passengers from around the world, even royalty, came to see him and it ...Show more
Watson the Detective Dog by Susan Brocker
$21.99 NZD
Category: Paperback Picture Books
Sniff, sniff, sniff went the brown puppy. Back and forth, back and forth. Watson is training to be a conservation dog, and there is a special species in danger. Some itty-bitty fish-Inanga, or whitebait as you may know them-need saving. In this story about a real-life dog, you'll learn about how detecto ...Show more
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