Snakes and Ladders by Mary-Anne Scott
21.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
Finn's druggie Dad is on trial for manslaughter, and so Finn is sent away to an exclusive boarding school to remove him from the small-town gossip machine. At first he feels a bit like a fish out of water, but soon makes some good friends, and even scores with the much-lusted-after Mia, who plays in the ...Show more
Battlesaurus: Clash of Empires by Brian Falkner
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction | Series: Battlesaurus
In this roaring alternative history adventure by Brian Falkner, dinosaurs from a forbidden world have been turned into unstoppable weapons by one of the most ferocious military leaders of all time: Napoléon Bonaparte. In the wake of his crushing victory at Waterloo, Napoléon unleashes his vicious Fren ...Show more
Samples From The Lab by Rob Foote
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
In 1950 two scientists and a cat took genetic modification to a very unnatural conclusion. The results were unexpected, bizarre and highly entertaining. Samples from the Lab is an illustrated scientific journal that chronicles the awkward and amusing experiments of Professor Fictitious Karacter, his m ...Show more
With Lots of Love from Georgia by Brigid Lowry
23.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
A vivid, engaging story for ages 13 up, about Georgia's bumpy year dealing with part-time jobs, tricky mother stuff and a boy with a delicious smile. First published 2005. YOUNG ADULT CATEGORY WINNER IN NEW ZEALAND POST BOOK AWARDS 2006
The Fat Man by Maurice Gee
19.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
When people like Herbert Muskie take up residence in your mind, there's nothing you can do to get them out. Colin Potter is a skinny boy, hungry for chocolate. Herbert Muskie is enormously fat, hungry for revenge. A dramatic encounter down at the creek forges an unhappy alliance between the vindictive m ...Show more
Te Kaieke Tohorā (The Whale Rider in te reo Maori) by Witi Ihimaera; Timoti Karetu i whakamaori
26.00 NZD
Category: Te Reo Maori Language | Series: 1st
Whakamiharo ana tera te tirohanga atu ki a ia, ki te kaieke tohora. I rere atu te wai i a ia, ka hamama tona waha kia taea ai te hau makariri te kupa iho. Ko ana karu e kohara ana i te ahurei. Korekoreko katoa ana te tinana i te rehu taimana. I runga i taua taniwha ano nei he tekoteko paku kua whakairot ...Show more
The Freedom Merchants by Sherryl Jordan
19.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
Twenty-five years ago, young Liam's small fishing village on the Irish Coast was raided and its population decimated by brutal corsair pirates from the Barbary Coast who killed, plundered, and took a number of his people back to Northern Africa as slaves to Muslim masters. And now a pirate ship has been ...Show more
Ash Arising (Ash #2) by Mandy Hager
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction | Series: Ash
The gripping sequel to the prize-winning thriller The Nature of Ash. Ash McCarthy thought he had done enough by broadcasting his story to the world, exposing the corruption and lies of Prime Minister Chandler and his cronies. With his small band of friends and family on a remote campsite in the backcoun ...Show more
The Severed Land by Maurice Gee
20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
This gripping, page-turning fantasy adventure follows a dangerous quest through a divided world. From the high reaches of a tree, Fliss watches the soldiers attempting yet again to break through the invisible wall. Amid the explosions, a drummer boy tries to escape. As he is about to be shot, Fliss reac ...Show more
Malcolm and Juliet by Bernard Beckett
19.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
Winner of the New Zealand Post Book Awards Young Adult category 2005. Winner of the Esther Glenn Medal in the LIANZA Children's Book Awards 2005 (Best children's book written and produced in New Zealand) Here is the novel equivalent to a modern TV sit-com. Providing moments of farce and slapstick it tak ...Show more
Havoc (#2 The Bridge) by Jane Higgins
24.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction | Series: The Bridge
From the author of the Text Prize-winning The Bridge. The ceasefire is barely holding. Southside waits, with a kind of hope that feels like defeat. Then Cityside blows up the bridge. And amid the chaos and rubble Nik and Lanya are drawn into a complex web of power, fear and betrayal. Who is the girl fou ...Show more
The Dark Quest of Countess X by L. P. Hansen
28.00 NZD
Category: NZ Senior Fiction
Calling herself Countess X, one of Europe’s richest billionaires invites the world’s youth to take up a modern-day Quest. Will they help her to challenge a colossal abuse of human rights? Teenagers submitting the most effective suggestions will be welcomed at her European residence to present their plan ...Show more