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Coot Club (Swallows and Amazons #5) by Arthur Ransome
$25.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Swallows and Amazons
'Let fly jib sheet! Slack away main! Fenders out!' Dick and Dorothea - also known as The Ds - arrive in Norfolk all ready to learn how to sail. They couldn't hope for a better teacher than Tom Dudgeon. But Tom is in a spot of trouble. After seeing the beastly Margoletta moored clean across the nests of ...Show more
Missee Lee (#10) by Arthur Ransome
$22.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Swallows and Amazons
'So long,' called the harbourmaster. 'Don't run into Missee Lee!' The Swallows, Amazons and Captain Flint don't pay much heed to the harbourmaster's friendly warning as they set off for China. They are on a round-the-world voyage aboard the Wild Cat and it's been plain sailing for a hundred ports. But w ...Show more
Peter Duck (#3 Swallows and Amazons: Vintage Classics) by Arthur Ransome
$19.98 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Swallows and Amazons
'Why do they call him Black Jake? Is it because of his hair?' Titty asked. 'Because of his heart' said Peter Duck. The Swallows and Amazons, as well as Captain Flint and the ancient able seaman Peter Duck, set sail on the Wild Cat bound for the Channel. But they are shadowed by the Viper, manned by none ...Show more
Pigeon Post (#6 Swallows and Amazons: Vintage Classics) by Arthur Ransome
$14.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Swallows and Amazons
'Barbecued billygoats!' Can you imagine finding gold? That's just what the Swallows and Amazons and Dick and Dorothea decide to hunt for in the hills high above the lake. But it's a hot and dry summer and water is in scarce supply. Worse still for the troubled campers, they have competition: Squashy Hat ...Show more
Pigeon Post (Swallows & Amazons #6) by Arthur Ransome
$24.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Swallows and Amazons Ser.
Reunited for the summer, the Swallows and Amazons with Dick and Dorothea launch a prospecting expedition to find the lost gold mine of the high hills above the lake. But the mining camp runs into all sorts of trouble: not only the danger of fire in the drought ridden countryside but also scary encounter ...Show more
Secret Water (Swallows & Amazons #8) by Arthur Ransome
$24.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Swallows and Amazons Ser.
The crew of the Swallow take on the task of mapping the mass of small islands round Pin Mill while living on the biggest one. But who are they mysterious savages who lurk in the islands - and is the tribal totem they find in their campsite a threat of attack?
Secret Water (Swallows and Amazons #8: Vintage Classics) by Arthur Ransome
$22.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Swallows and Amazons
'You'll start with a blank map, that doesn't do more than show roughly what's water and what isn't.' When the Walker family's holiday plans are ruined by Daddy having to work, the whole summer seems lost at sea. But a dull holiday for the children is too miserable to bear so their parents hatch a plan. ...Show more
Swallowdale (#2 Swallows & Amazons) by Arthur Ransome
$25.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Swallows and Amazons
Ahoy! Ahoy! Swallows! Ahoy!' Have you ever sailed in a boat or built a camp? Have you caught trout and cooked it yourself? The four Swallows, John, Susan, Titty and Roger return to the lake full of such plans and they can't wait to meet up with Nancy and Peggy, the Amazon Pirates. When the Swallow is sh ...Show more
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
$27.99 NZD
Category: Gift Books, Classics and Treasuries | Series: Swallows and Amazons
Swallows and Amazons for ever! The Walker children - also known as Captain John, Mate Susan, Able-Seaman Titty, and Ship's Boy Roger - set sail on the Swallow and head for Wild Cat Island. There they camp under open skies, swim in clear water and go fishing for their dinner. But their days are disturbe ...Show more
The Big Six (#9) by Arthur Ransome
$25.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Swallows and Amazons
'Why shouldn't we be detectives too?' When Dick and Dorothea arrive in the Norfolk Broads all set for a blissful summer on the river, they find their friends the Death and Glories in a very bad situation. Accused of setting boats adrift, sabotage and theft, the boys are under suspicion by everyone on th ...Show more
The Picts and the Martyrs: or Not Welcome At All (#11) by Arthur Ransome
$25.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories | Series: Swallows and Amazons
The Ds can't wait to go and stay with Nancy and Peggy in the Lake District during the summer holidays. But when the Amazons' dreadful Great Aunt invites herself to stay too, the summer is threatened with dullness. Staying indoors and reading poetry is not what the Amazons had in mind. To save the Ds fro ...Show more
We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea (#7 Swallows and Amazons) by Arthur Ransome
$22.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Swallows and Amazons
'Like to spend a night in the Goblin?' The Swallows are staying on the Suffolk coast whilst they wait for their father to return home from China. But although the harbour is bursting with bobbing yachts, barges and steamers, this year there's no chance of any sailing for the landlocked Swallows. That is ...Show more