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Locked Down by Jessica Le Bas
$19.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years)
The deadly influenza pandemic XB276 is sweeping the country. Twelve-year-old Zac wakes up one morning to the news that everyone must stay home. He can't leave the house for weeks, or even months. Pretty soon he's facing running out of food, with no electricity, no telephone and no internet. The only peo ...Show more
The Tornado by Jake Burt
$18.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years)
One of the best stories about bullying for middle grades. Highly recommended.--School Library Journal, starred review Bell Kirby is an expert at systems, whether he's designing the world's most elaborate habitat for his pet chinchilla, re-creating Leonardo da Vinci's greatest inventions in his garage, o ...Show more
Not All Heroes Wear Capes by Ben Brooks
$25.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction (children)
What do you think of when you hear the word 'hero'? Is it the wall-climbing, cape-wearing, villain-fighter you see in comics and films? Heroes can actually come in all forms, shapes and sizes. Some cook for the hungry. Some nurse the poorly back to health. Others raise money for important causes. From ...Show more
The King's Nightingale by Sherryl Jordan
$25.00 NZD
Category: Young adult (13+)
An epic fantasy set in a land of sultans and kings, sumptuous palaces... and slave markets. When Elowen and her brother are seized by pirates and sold, separately, in the slave market of a distant land, her enduring resolve is to escape, rescue her brother and return home. Sold to a desert ruler who adm ...Show more
Suggested Reading by Dave Connis
$23.00 NZD
Category: Young adult (13+)
In this hilarious and thought-provoking contemporary teen standalone that's perfect for fans of Moxie, a bookworm finds a way to fight back when her school bans dozens of classic and meaningful books. Clara Evans is horrified when she discovers her principal's "prohibited media" hit list. The iconic bo ...Show more
That's Not a Hippopotamus! (PB) by Juliette MacIver
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
A class trip to the zoo descends into a chaotic hunt for the missing hippopotamus. Teacher, zookeeper and all the children join the search. The noise and drama reach a pitch, and no one thinks to listen to quiet Liam, who really might know where the hippo is hiding.
The Gilded Ones (Deathless #1) by Namina Forna
$20.00 NZD
Category: Young adult (13+) | Series: Gilded
"Namina Forna Could Be The Toni Morrison Of YA Fantasy."-Refinery 29 The start of a bold and immersive West African-inspired, feminist fantasy series for fans of Children of Blood and Bone and Black Panther. In this world, girls are outcasts by blood and warriors by choice. Sixteen-year-old Deka liv ...Show more
The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst (#3 Bronte Mettlestone) by Jaclyn Moriarty
$25.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years) | Series: Bronte Mettlestone / Kingdoms and Empires
A magical tale of mystery and adventure that proves that sometimes even ordinary middle children can be heroes, from the bestselling author of The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone and the award-winning The Slightly Alarming Tale of the Whispering Wars. Long ago, the little Prince ...Show more
The Marvellous Land of Snergs by Veronica Cossanteli
$22.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years)
At the Sunny Bay Home for Superfluous and Accidentally Parentless Children, Pip and Flora are in trouble. Running away with their dog they discover the Marvellous Land of Snergs, a magical world of cinnamon bears and scrumptious feasts—but also one of vegan ogres and disgraced jesters. Soon their only f ...Show more
Wednesday Weeks and the Tower of Shadows (#1) by Denis Knight, Cristy Burne
$20.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years) | Series: Wednesday Weeks Ser.
In a world of magic, can science save the day? Wednesday Weeks never wanted to be a sorcerer's apprentice. She'd rather study science than magic. But when her cloak-wearing, staff-wielding grandpa is captured by a power-hungry goblin king, Wednesday must find a way to embrace her magical heritage and re ...Show more
The Rock from the Sky by Jon Klassen
$30.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
Look up! From the Caldecott Medal-winning creator of the Hat trilogy comes a new deadpan gem. Turtle really likes standing in his favourite spot. He likes it so much that he asks his friend Armadillo to come over and stand in it, too. But now that Armadillo is standing in that spot, he has a bad feelin ...Show more
The Smidgens by David O'Connell
$17.00 NZD
Category: Early readers (5 to 8 years)
Gafferty Sprout is a Smidgen. A Smidgen looks like a human, sounds like a human, and loves chips with curry sauce like a human if humans were three inches tall. If you took a human and shrunk it in the washing machine on a very hot spin cycle, you might get something like a Smidgen. Generations ago the ...Show more
