Under the Broken Sky by Mariko Nagai
$19.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
Twelve-year-old Natsu and her family live a quiet farm life in Manchuria, near the border of the Soviet Union. But the life they've known begins to unravel when her father is recruited to the Japanese army, and Natsu and her little sister, Cricket, are left orphaned and destitute. In a desperate move to ...Show more
Wolfish by Christiane M. Andrews
$29.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
Twelve-year-old Rae is content as the adopted daughter of shepherds, helping with the flock and reveling in the beauty of her family's hillside farm. But after a frightening encounter with a wolf-to whom she feels a sudden, peculiar connection-Rae realizes there is much more to her past, and her future, ...Show more
The School for Thieves (#1 Crookhaven) by J.J. Arcanjo
$19.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories | Series: Crookhaven
"So this is really a school for criminals." "We are so much more than that. We are a home for the forgotten, a sanctuary for the lost and ... yes, a training ground for the greatest crooks of the future." An irresistible new series about chosen family, high stakes thievery, and what it really means to d ...Show more
Attacked at Sea by Michael J. Tougias, Alison O'Leary
$19.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories | Series: True Rescue
On May 19, 1942, during WWII, a U-boat in the Gulf of Mexico stalked its prey fifty miles from New Orleans. The submarine set its sights on the freighter Heredia. Most onboard were merchant seamen, but there were also civilians, including the Downs family: Ray and Ina and their two children. Fast asleep ...Show more
Paper Boat, Paper Bird by David Almond
$19.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
A stunning new story from the bestselling, prize-winning David Almond, unfolding the magic of the everyday. Mina, from the unforgettable Skellig and My Name is Mina, journeys to Japan and discovers the wonders of the world around her.Kyoto, Japan. Mina is on a bus. Everything is strange and beautiful.Mi ...Show more
Queenie in Seven Moves by Zanni Louise
$18.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
A sensitive, timely story addressing loss and belonging. To Queenie, home is Peachy, the little house where she’s lived forever. But when she and her mum have to leave Peachy, Queenie discovers that home isn’t a place at all. It’s making new friends and reconnecting with old ones, letting yourself be un ...Show more
Beyond the Frozen Horizon by Nicola Penfold
$18.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
The earth is thriving - with wilderness status protecting land and wildlife, and scientific organisations researching new ways to support human life sustainably. Rory''s mum is a geologist on one of these projects, and Rory is beyond excited to join her on a work trip to the Arctic. But the project isn' ...Show more
Odder: The New York Times Bestseller by Katherine Applegate
$16.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
A lyrical tale about a remarkable sea otter. Odder is a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself.
The Lorikeet Tree by Paul Jennings
$22.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
A sister and brother face the hardest year of their lives and discover the healing power of nature in this compelling tale from master storyteller Paul Jennings. Emily loves the bush and the native animals on her family's reforested property, particularly the beautiful rainbow lorikeets that nest in one ...Show more
The Adventure Is Now by Jess Redman
$19.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
Sometimes it's hard to be Milton P. Greene. He says all the wrong things. He has a very sensitive stomach. His family life is falling apart, and his friends will barely speak to him after the embarrassing Bird Brain Incident. But when Milton plays his video game Isle of Wild, he becomes Sea Hawk, the br ...Show more
The Fish in the Bathtub by Eoin Colfer
$14.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
Eoin Colfer's heartwarming tale of an unlikely friendship and the bond between a girl and her grandfather - now in a standard paperback format for middle-grade readers.
Glowrushes by Roberto Piumini; Leah Janeczko (translator)
$22.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
A gorgeous modern classic from Italy - a stunning tale of friendship, beauty and mortality. Madurer is the son of a great lord, with untold wealth, but he is also the victim of a mysterious disease that means he cannot be exposed to sunlight or fresh air. He is confined to three windowless rooms inside ...Show more