Christie's moved away, and Alysha's hanging out with the shiny people. Lexi doesn't know whether to hang with her old friends or follow Alysha. But Jack Moxham's in the cool group and he seems to like Lexi. Will Lexi fit in or be Lexi the Loser forever? High School is shaping up to be hell.
Michi is loving high school. She has heaps of friends from Pink HQ, and she's getting to know Amira and her group. But when Michi innocently talks to the boy that Amira likes, she gets excluded and bullied by her so-called friends. And things turn really nasty when Michi gate-crashes Amira's party. Age 10+.
Sheldon, a kid going through a tough time, has his attention diverted by Theo, a new student at the school. Theo's arrival triggers strange events like a crocodile that plays 'fetch', and could hold answers to the dark mysteries haunting Sheldon. Ages 9-14
Life in the Inkworld has been far from easy since the extraordinary events of Inkspell, when the story of Inkheart magically drew Meggie, Mo and Dustfinger back into its pages. With Dustfinger dead, and the evil Adderhead now in control, the story in which they are all caught has taken an unhappy turn. Even Elinor, left alone in the real world, believes her family to be lost - lost between the covers of a book. But as winter comes on there is reason to hope - if only Meggie and Mo can rewrite the wrongs of the past and make a dange... read more
Meggie loves books. So does her father, Mo, a bookbinder, although he has never read aloud to her since her mother mysteriously disappeared. They live quietly until the night a stranger knocks at their door. He has come with a warning that forces Mo to revea an extraordinary secret - a storytelling secret that will change their lives for ever.
Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of the extraordinary events of Inkheart, and the story whose characters strode out of the pages, and changed her life for evr. But for Dustfinger, the fire-eater, torn from his world of words, the need to return has become desperate. When he finds a crooke storyteller with the magical ability to read him back, he setsn motion a dangerous reversal that sees the characters of Inkheart transported to a charmed Inkworld, about to be fought over by rival rebels and princes.
From a festival held in honour of the god Zeus in Ancient Greece, to a marathon runner hitching a lift to the finishing line in 1904, to one of the biggest spectacles in the world, Carole Wilkinson, explores the history of the modern Olympics.
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This is another story in the "Anniversary Legends" series. It is aimed at ages 9+.
Ned Kelly was a thief, a bank robber and a murderer. Yet he defended the rights of people who had no power. Carole Wilkinson's blend of fact and fiction puts kids aged 10 and over in Ned Kelly's shoes. Black Snake enables them to explore Ned Kelly's legend and decide for themselves - was he a villian or a hero?
Mitchell Grady is the new boy at Sandhurst School. Every year, the students compete to be the school's Sporting Legend - the best out of eight sports. The first round is in the surf at the school camp. Mitchell is good, but is he good enough? Travis Mace, the school bully doesn't think so.
Kiwi had always played rugby with the same players. But now the Pipis have a new player - Hawk. He is new in town so Coach Morepork asks Kiwi to be Hawk's mate. He looks fierce and Kiwi is scared. 'Maybe the team doesn't need a new player?' Kiwi thinks .....
Kiwi loves to play rugby for his team The Pipis with his best pals, Kea, Kakapo, Heron, Koura and Kiore under the watchful eye of Coach Morkpork. Proud of his black jersey and the silver fern logo, Kiwi learns that friendship, fair play and teamship are just as ... read more
You know life is tough when you've been put up for sale on the internet, your hair-drier's been sabotaged with a giant weta, your brother is called Monster! The world's greatest trickster, Brewster (aka Monster) creates havoc wherever he goes. Brussels sprouts, mohair jumpers, innocent kittens, veggie gardens, sisters - especially sisters - nothing and no one is safe from Monster's practical jokes. But the time has come to tame the Monster and straighten him out. Are the family, school, tough-love neighbour, and terrifying Aunt Mil... read more
FINALIST 2009 NZ POST CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARDS - Junior Fiction Thirteen-year-old Riley has a skateboarding accident and discovers that he has a serious delay in bone development. He also has a run in with Vince, an all round tough guy, who plays in his softball team and now seems to be hanging out with his ex-girlfriend. First published 2008.
DoP October 2009, Auckland 168pp Softcover Lacey and her best (and bossy) friend Vanessa do everything together, including dance lessons. But after Lacey's trip to Perth to be a flowergirl (wearing the dress from hell!), their friendship starts to crack up, especially when a new girl at school, Belinda, suggests that the girls' dance teacher doesn't know what she is doing. Lacey must choose between her friendship with "drama queen" Vanessa, loyalty to her dance teacher and her growing knowledge that Belinda might be right. S... read more
A breezy fun story about Bec's 15th summer - when her parents go overseas she discovers love, confusion, and that no one is ordinary. Who are you? Bec Who are you? Fifteen Who are you? Lovesick First my father had his breakdown. Then my parents went away, leaving a daggy housekeeper in their place. It was my fifteenth summer and I was tired of being good old sensible Bec. I wanted to be a wild and dancing kind of girl, so I dyed my hair, discovered magic, threw my first party...and then there was the boy thing... Follow th... read more
Imagine that your house has been destroyed by bombs, your friends have fled or been killed, your mother, sister and little brother are missing, and today you buried your father...Homeless and alone, Parvana begins a desperate journey through war-torn Afghanistan in search of her family. Living in constant fear of the Taliban, often without food or water in the barren landscape, Parvana and the children she rescues journey on foot through a country laid waste by years of conflict, in search of peace and safety. Parvana's Journey is ... read more
Redwall Abbey, tranquil home to a community of peace-loving mice is threatened by Cluny, the Scourge - the evil-one-eyed rat warlord - and his battle-hardened horde of predators. <br>Cluny is certain that Redwall will fall easily to his fearsome army, but he hasn't bargained for the courage and strength of the combined forces of the Redwall mice and their loyal woodland friends...
Kaninda is an ex-child soldier from East Africa, orphaned and living in London. When a child from a nearby estate is hit by a car he is drawn into an inter-estate conflict. The story combines current conflicts in London with real war in Africa.'
When Cordelia finds out that her friend's dad is in prison, she starts a campaign to free him and find the real culprit. She's certain that an appalling miscarriage of justice has taken place and it's up to her to put it right. Cordelia is so preoccupied that she barely has time to think about her next book - a problem for someone who intends to be a successful novelist. But as her aunt, bestselling author Laura Hunt says in her Writer's Tips, "Authors should write about what they know, and draw on all their experiences". Now, Cord... read more
