Take Me to Your Leader by Leonie Agnew
$22.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years)
Can Lucas pull off staging an alien encounter and save his tiny country school from closure? A madcap novel by an award-winning author for readers 8 years and older. Eleven-year-old Lucas has got a new worry to add to his long, long list - his rural school is on the Ministry of Education's list for ...Show more
Silver Linings by Katrina Nannestad
$23.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years)
A new heartwarming novel set in 1950s Australia from bestselling author Katrina Nannestad. Nettie Sweeney has a dad, three big sisters, a farm full of cows and a cat called Mittens. But it's not enough. She longs for a mother. One with a gentle touch and sparkles in her eyes. Instead, she has Aunty Edi ...Show more
Koro's Star by Claire Aramakutu
$22.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years)
Set in the 1960s, Koro’s Star is a heart-warming, exciting, adventure story. It’s the beginning of the summer holidays in 1967 when 10-year-old Atama moves with his family into a new army base. His father, Atama’s hero, departs for Vietnam, asking Atama to look after his mum and his younger sister, Maia ...Show more
The Girl Who Wasn't There by Jacqueline Wilson
$28.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years)
A brand new, ghostly middle grade story about siblings and friendship from the bestselling Jacqueline Wilson.'And we're going to live here, happily ever after, just like a fairy tale.'When Dad tells Luna and her little sister Aurora that they're moving to live in a real tower, it's almost like they've s ...Show more
Nine Girls by Stacy Gregg
$22.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years)
Nine Girls is a page-turning adventure from Stacy Gregg, one of Aotearoa's most internationally successful and locally awarded writers.An epic story woven with suspense by Pony Club Secrets and The Princess and the Foal author Stacy Gregg.They dug a hole and they put the box filled with gold inside it.T ...Show more
The Song of the Swan by Karah Sutton
$28.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years)
A magical retelling of Swan Lake, featuring a clever orphan, a castle filled with enchanted swans, and a quest to unearth the secrets of the past. Olga is an orphan and a thief, relying on trickery and sleight of hand to make her way in the world. But it's magic, not thievery, that could get her into tr ...Show more
New Kids and Underdogs by Margaret Finnegan
$21.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years)
When perpetual new kid Robyn signs up her special needs dogs for agility training, she gets an unexpected lesson in friendship in this "well-paced...thoughtful" (Kirkus Reviews) novel from the author of We Could Be Heroes and Susie B. Won't Back Down. Robyn Kellen has been the new kid six times. She's p ...Show more
Island of Whispers (HB) by Frances Hardinge, illustrated by Emily Gravett
$38.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years)
Part gothic thriller and part coming-of-age story, a new illustrated middle-grade fantasy from award-winning author Frances Hardinge and acclaimed illustrator Emily Gravett about a strange island filled with ghosts and long-buried secrets. On the misty island of Merlank, the lingering dead can cause un ...Show more
Scariest. Book. Ever. (Goosebumps: House of Shivers #1) by R L Stine
$17.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years)
A brand new Goosebumps series is coming – prepare to be scared like never before! From the delightfully twisted mind of R.L. Stine comes a fresh new vision for the fan-favourite brand. This new series will feature an all-new line-up of incredible villains, with iconic monsters as you’ve never seen them ...Show more
Harbour Me by Jacqueline Woodson
$20.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years)
An unforgettable New York Times bestseller from multi-award-winning Jacqueline Woodson, celebrating the friendships formed when a group of children create a safe harbour for each other. Six children from different backgrounds meet for a weekly chat with no adults to listen in. This special time and plac ...Show more
The Grand Opening (Dragon Defenders #5) by James Russell
$25.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years) | Series: The Dragon Defenders
The Dragon Defenders - Book Five: The Grand Opening is the fifth and final book in the best-selling Dragon Defenders series. It's all over - The Pitbull has won! He's captured every last dragon from The Island, and brought them to the mainland. The stage is now set for the grand opening of Dragon World. ...Show more
Fledgewitch: A Dragons of Hallow Book by Lian Tanner
$20.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years) | Series: A\Dragons of Hallow Book Ser.
There are no witches, no dragons and no secrets in Quill, so how can Brim be trapped in the School for the Prevention of Witches with Rose, a royal dragon with an injured foot, and a large mystery to untangle? A delightfully pleasing whimsical fantasy adventure with more knots and snarls than a skein o ...Show more