Friday Forever by Annie Dalton
15.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction | Series: 4u2read
It's Friday and Lenny has had a pretty good day at school and wishes every day could be like this But when he wakes the next morning, it's not Saturday, but Friday again and he has to re-live it again and again.
Know My Place by Eve Ainsworth, Helen Crawford-White
17.00 NZD
Category: Senior Fiction
A teenager's longing for family and a place to call home is poignantly portrayed in this heartfelt and ultimately uplifting story of life in the foster-care system. Feeling betrayed when her long-term foster placement breaks down, Amy is sent to live with a new family, the Dawsons. Although initially re ...Show more
Dangerous Play (The Football Trials #2) by John Hickman
15.00 NZD
Category: High Interest, Quick Reads, Dyslexia Friendly
Bloomsbury High Low books encourage and support reading practice by providing gripping, age-appropriate stories for struggling and reluctant readers, those with dyslexia, or those with English as an additional language. Printed on tinted paper and with a dyslexia friendly font and illustrations, The Foo ...Show more
Young Dracula by Michael Lawrence
19.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction | Series: 4u2read
Before Count Dracula became one of the greatest, most feared vampires of all time, he was just a young boy called Wilfred who didn't really feel like he belonged anywhere. But Wilfred's dad, the old Count, doesn't think his son is up to the task of being a great vampire! Can Wilfred show his father what ...Show more
The Cupcake Wedding by Gillian Cross
19.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction
When holly's sister announces her engagement, wedding planning begins in earnest. But a tight budget means missing out on some wedding essentials - like the cake! Holly decides to put her baking skills to the test and surprise the happy couple with 1000 cupcakes! What could possibly go wrong?
Alligator by Theresa Bresin
15.00 NZD
Category: High Interest, Quick Reads, Dyslexia Friendly
Jono didn't mean to buy an alligator. It just sort of happened. And now his mum's going to kill him...if the alligator doesn't get there first! A hilarious comedy. When Jono's friend Crusher offers him a rather hungry alligator out of the boot of his car he thinks someone would have to be crazy to buy i ...Show more
Amber's Song by Gillian Cross
19.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction
Music is the most important thing in Mark's life and he never misses band practice - until new baby sister Amber turns life upside down. She screams all day and all night and nothing Mum, Dad or anyone else does makes a difference! But when Mark is left holding the baby, he turns to the only thing he ca ...Show more
Gnomes Gnomes Gnomes! by Anne Fine
19.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction | Series: 4u2read
Sam loves making gnomes out of clay. Dozens and dozens and dozens of gnomes, living huddled together out in the shed. But when Sam's mum suddenly needs that space, she says the gnomes will have to go. And so Sam plans a send-off for his little clay friends - a send-off that turns into a night the family ...Show more
Odysseus (RA8 IA10+) by Benjamin Hulme
15.00 NZD
Category: High Interest, Quick Reads, Dyslexia Friendly | Series: High/Low
Odysseus is a hero but all he really wants to do is defeat the Trojans and go home. The trouble is both those tasks will take a bit longer than he hoped, and he'll need all his cunning to get there. What's more, once he does, there will be more challenges in store! Bloomsbury High Low books encourage a ...Show more
A Dark Trade by Mary Hooper
17.00 NZD
Category: High Interest, Quick Reads, Dyslexia Friendly
The maze-like, mysterious world of Victorian London is the perfect setting for the story of a girl who becomes a boy to ensure her survival in the darkest trade of the underworld - the body business. It is particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 12+. (RA 8 IA teen)
The Strongest Girl in the World (Magical Children) by Sally Gardner
15.00 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: The Magical Children
Josie Jenkins, aged eight and three quarters, can do a few tricks, but she astonishes herself and everyone else when she finds she can lift a table, a car and even a bus with no effort at all. Josie becomes famous, and Mr Two Suit sweeps in with a contract and swoops the whole family off to New York. Ho ...Show more
Tin Boy by Steve Cole
15.00 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction
The true cost of the tin that goes into our electronic devices is revealed in this striking and gripping story from the bestselling author of Young Bond. Mining for tin in deep, dangerous trenches is the only life that Tono has ever known. Worked to the brink of exhaustion each day, his only escape is ...Show more