Malory Towers Collection (#1-3) by Enid Blyton
$21.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories | Series: Malory Towers
For new girl Darrell Rivers, there are friends to be made, pranks to be played and fun to be had at Malory Towers in Enid Blyton's best-loved boarding school series.First TermNew girl Darrell is two terms behind her classmates and feels out of place and alone. Soon, however, Darrell makes friends as wel ...Show more
Ship of Dolls by Shirley Parenteau
$22.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
Can a ship carrying Friendship Dolls to Japan be Lexie's ticket to see her fun-loving mother again? A heartwarming historical novel inspired by a little-known true event. It's 1926, and the one thing eleven-year-old Lexie Lewis wants more than anything is to leave Portland, Oregon, where she has been st ...Show more
Those Eco-Pirate Kids (#2 Those Kids) by Jon Tucker
$22.99 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
Fin has always been passionate about fishing so when he discovers an illegal net full of undersized fish in Sydney's northern waterways his first reaction is to empty it. The subsequent events turn a joint Kiwi-Australian family holiday into a rather more complex experience. An Arthur-Ransome-inspired ...Show more
Those Snake Island Kids (#1 Those Kids) by Jon Tucker
$22.99 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
An uplifting tale of youthful naivety, friendship, calamity and triumph. When Jake persuades his family to embark on a sailing-camping holiday on a Tasmanian island, he is mostly interested in pirate fantasies and his home-built Optimist sailing dinghy. But he does not plan on events which are to leave ...Show more
The Blue Cat by Ursula Dubosarsky
$22.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
A boy stood in the playground under the big fig tree. 'He can't speak English,' the children whispered. Sydney, 1942. The war is coming to Australia - not only with the threat of bombardment, but also the arrival of refugees from Europe. Dreamy Columba's world is growing larger. She is drawn to Ellery, ...Show more
Those Shipwreck Kids (#3 Those Kids) by Jon Tucker
$22.99 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
A thought-provoking Ransome-inspired tale with strong appeal to adventure-loving readers in the nine to ninety-nine age bracket. Underlying its clear environmental theme is the conclusion that freedom and responsibility go hand in hand. When a Tasmanian sailing family anchors near an old wrecked hulk i ...Show more
After (#3 Felix & Zelda) by Morris Gleitzman
$24.00 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories | Series: Once
After the Nazis took my parents I was scaredAfter they killed my best friend I was angryAfter they ruined my thirteenth birthday I was determinedTo get to the forest To join forces with Gabriek and Yuli To be a familyTo defeat the Nazis after all
Now (#6 Felix & Zelda) by Morris Gleitzman
$24.00 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories | Series: Felix & Zelda
Once I didn't know about my grandfather Felix's scary childhood.Then I found out what the Nazis did to his best friend Zelda.Now I understand why Felix does the things he does.At least he's got me.My name is Zelda too.This is our story. Shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction prize 2010.Shortlis ...Show more
Then (#2 Felix & Zelda) by Morris Gleitzman
$24.00 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories | Series: Felix & Zelda
Felix and Zelda have escaped the death camp train, but where do they go now? They’re two runaway kids in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. Danger lies at every turn of the road. With the help of a woman named Genia and their active imaginations, Felix and Zelda find a new home and begin to heal, ...Show more
Maybe (#5 Felix & Zelda) by Morris Gleitzman
$24.00 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories | Series: Felix and Zelda
1946. Europe is in ruins. Millions of people dream of finding happiness somewhere else.Fourteen-year-old Felix is one of them. When he's offered a journey to somewhere far away, he seizes the opportunity. So does someone very dear to him, even though she wasn't actually invited.They have high hopes for ...Show more
Soon (#4 Felix & Zelda) by Morris Gleitzman
$24.00 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories | Series: Once
The war has officially ended, but the streets are still a battleground--for food, for shelter, for protection. Felix is in hiding to stay safe, but has been left holding the baby--literally. Feliz vows protect the infant, just as a few incredible people saved him from the Holocaust. This immensely affec ...Show more
Little House in the Big Woods (#1 Little House) by Laura Ingalls Wilder
$24.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories | Series: Little House on the Prairie
The book that started it all! Little House in the Big Woods is the first book in Laura Ingalls Wilder's treasured Little House series, which was based on her life growing up as an American pioneer. This edition features Garth Williams' interior art in vibrant full color.Told from four-year-old Laura's p ...Show more