Hedgewitch (#1 Hedgewitch) (HB) by Skye McKenna
$25.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years) | Series: Hedgewitch
When Cassie runs away from her dreary boarding school, in search of her missing mother, she ends up in the magical village of Hedgely and discovers she comes from a family of witches - women who protect Britain from the denizens of Faerie, who are all too real and far more frightening than the story boo ...Show more
The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill
$19.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years)
Stone-in-the-Glen, once a lovely town, has fallen on hard times. Fires, floods, and other calamities have caused the townsfolk to lose their library, their school, their park, and all sense of what it means to be generous, and kind. The people put their faith in the Mayor, a dazzling fellow who promise ...Show more
Mikki and Me and the Out-of-Tune Tree by Marion Roberts
$19.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years)
Eleven-year-old Alberta Bracken is having a terrible summer. After a bike-riding accident, caused by the local bully, her arm's in a cast so she can't do her most favourite holiday activity: boogie boarding at the local beach. And her little sister Clementine is EXTREMELY ANNOYING. To make matters wors ...Show more
Pax (#1 Pax) by Sara Pennypacker
$17.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years)
National Book Award Longlist * New York Times Bestseller * An Amazon Best Book of the Year This paperback edition has french flaps. From bestselling and award-winning author Sara Pennypacker comes a beautifully wrought, utterly compelling novel about the powerful relationship between a boy and his fox. ...Show more
Frankie Best Hates Quests by Chris Smith
$18.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years)
ONWARD and JUMANJI meets The Wizard in my Shed in an accessible Pixar-like fantasy for 9-12 readers by bestselling author Chris Smith. Frankie is not happy. Not only is she stuck at Grandad's for a whole week while her parents swan off to the arctic, now she's discovered that there's NO WIFI anywhere in ...Show more
The Wild Path by Sarah R. Baughman
$20.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years)
The Line Tender meets The Secret Horses of Briar Hill in this hopeful, heartfelt story about one girl's search for legendary horses and her quest to piece her family back together. Twelve-year-old Claire Barton doesn't like the "flutter feeling" that fills her chest when she worries about the future, ...Show more
Ana on the Edge by A. J. Sass
$20.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years)
For fans of George and Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World, a heartfelt coming of age story about a nonbinary ice skater navigating a binary world. Twelve-year-old Ana-Marie Jin, the reigning US Juvenile figure skating champion, is not a frilly dress kind of kid. So, when Ana learns that next season's p ...Show more
Yesterday Crumb and the Storm in a Teacup (#1 Yesterday Crumb) by Andy Sagar
$20.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years) | Series: Yesterday Crumb
The first in a new fantasy series for readers aged 8-12, about a girl with fox ears who has never fitted in. With adventure and magic in every teacup, this is perfect for fans of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency and Starfell. Yesterday Crumb is no ordinary girl. She was born with fox ears that have curse ...Show more
A Tale Dark and Grimm (#1) by Adam Gidwitz
$22.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years) | Series: Grimm
Reader: beware. Warlocks with dark spells, hunters with deadly aim, and bakers with ovens retrofitted for cooking children lurk within these pages. But if you dare, turn the page and learn the true story of Hansel and Gretel - the story behind (and beyond) the bread crumbs, edible houses and outwitted w ...Show more
Solve Your Own Mystery: The Monster Maker by Gareth P. Jones
$17.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years)
One puzzling mystery. Several slippery suspects. Endless possibilities! Welcome to Haventry, a town where the ordinary and extraordinary collide! With ghosts, werewolves and zombies living side by side, trouble is always brewing. And when a fiendish crime is committed, YOU are the detective in charge ...Show more
Frindle - Special Edition by Andrew Clements; Brian Selznick (Illustrator)
$18.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years)
What if one day you decided to stop calling a word like pen "pen" and started calling it something else--like "frindle"? When Nicholas Allen does just that, and encourages all of his friends to start using the new word, his experiment turns the town upside down. An imaginative tale about creative though ...Show more
Girl Giant and the Monkey King by Van Hoang
$20.00 NZD
Category: Middle-grade fiction (9 to 12 years)
Eleven-year-old Thom Ngoh is keeping a secret: She’s strong. Like, suuuuper strong. Freakishly strong. And it’s making it impossible for Thom to fit in at her new middle school. In a desperate bid to get rid of her super strength, she makes a deal with the Monkey King, a powerful deity and legendary tri ...Show more