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9780143305019
Under the Mountain (Film Tie-In) order quantity
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NZ$ 18.00 each
Paperback
Author: Maurice Gee
Published by: Puffin Books
In Stock: 8
When Theo and Rachel Matheson head for Auckland to spend a fortnight with their uncle and aunt, they are prepared for the usual entertainments that the city can provide. But their relatives have curious neighbours who seem to take an unusual interest in the red-haired twins. And once they meet the extraordinary Mr Jones, their holiday begins to take a course of its own.
Beneath extinct volcanoes giant creatures are waking from a spellbound sleep of several thousand years. Their goal is the destruction of the world. Time is running out. The Matheson twins, chosen to oppose the monsters, know themselves to be as fallible as any other eleven-year-olds.
This children's classic by award-winning Maurice Gee, first published in 1979, is now a major motion picture.

First published 1979.
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9781869439316
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NZ$ 18.00 each
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Author: Anna Gowan
Published by: Scholastic New Zealand
In Stock: 5
When Hollie Chips and her mum move to Puriti Road, Hollie is baffled by the way her neighbours all keep to themselves. But Hollie is a remarkable little girl, and it isn't long before she has charmed her way into their lives ...and when she discovers that a bastardly businessman is trying to buy up their houses to bulldoze them and build a dog food factory (which he has told them will be an orphanage!), the neighbours have to band together with Hollie and her mum to outwit him!

Winner of Tom Fitzgibbon Award 2009.

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9781877467257
Friends (Snake and Lizard #2) order quantity
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Author: Joy Cowley (Illustrated by Gavin Bishop)
Published by: Gecko Press
In Stock: 4
Finalist for the Junior Fiction category of the New Zealand Post Book Awards 2010

From the award-winning duo of Joy Cowley and Gavin Bishop, this is a new book of stories about the daily adventures of the lovable pair - Snake & Lizard.
Snake is elegant and calm, and a little self-centred; Lizard is exuberant and irrepressible.
With its wisdom, acceptance and good humour, Friends: Snake and Lizard captures the essence of friendship. The stories are beautifully illustrated by Gavin Bishop in the warm and clear colours of the desert.

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9781869507312
Cry of the Taniwha order quantity
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NZ$ 19.00 each
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Author: Des Hunt
Published by: HarperCollins
In Stock: 3
This book is a Finalist in the Junior Fiction Category, New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards 2010.

Sitting on the dark earth and staring up at him was a skull, the lower jaw below ground so Matt didn’t have to cope with the thing grinning up at him. The empty eye sockets were scary enough.
Matt Logan isn't looking forward to spending the school holidays with his grandmother and her new husband. He has to fly to Rotorua, where he doesn't know anybody, and he's a bit wary of his new step-grandfather. All Matt knows is that he's Maori and a bus driver. Along with his worries, Matt packs his pride and joy - a homemade metal detector, because, you never know, he might find something interesting. What he finds is Juzza, who lives over the back fence and wants to join a local gang. When the boys unearth a handcuffed skeleton, a chain of events begins to coil around them. Together they are thrown into a deadly search for treasure when ... more
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9781869506742
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NZ$ 17.00 each
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Author: Jack Lasenby
Published by: HarperCollins New Zealand
In Stock: 3
NZ Post Childrens Book Awards, Junior Fiction Winner NZ Post Book Awards 2009

The humorous and heartwarming story of Jack Jackman, a young boy who wants to be a stock drover. Jack has a wonderful, warm relationship with his parents and old family friends, Andy the Drover and his dog, Old Drumble. Each week Andy tells an even more amazing story of how Old Drumble has saved the day again, with each adventure becoming more and more absurd.

First publishd 2008.
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9781869507343
Bone Tiki order quantity
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NZ$ 20.00 each
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Author: David Hair
Published by: HarperCollins New Zealand
In Stock: 2
What do you do when you meet a tohunga makutu?
You run.
When reality dissolves and myths and legends come alive?
You run faster.
And when the dead come to life and blood debts have to be paid, will you have the courage to do what must be done? Matiu Douglas has a bone tiki he took from a tangi. His father's important new client wants it. Badly. And he has some very nasty friends. When Mat is forced to flee for his life, an unexpected meeting with a girl called Pania sets his world spinning. Suddenly he's running through the bush with a girl-clown, a dog who is way too human, and a long-dead warrior. Fearful creatures from legend are rising up around him, and Mat faces a terrifying ordeal. And there is nowhere left to hide...not even in another world.
A breathtaking adventure set in two parallel New Zealands, from exciting new author David Hair.


First published April 2009.
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9780143303909
Chicken Feathers order quantity
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NZ$ 18.00 each
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Author: Joy Cowley Illustrated by David Elliot
Published by: Puffin
In Stock: 2
A feel-good story about Josh, and his cantankerous pet hen, Semolina. Semolina can talk and in return for prawn crackers and the odd beer, she tells Josh all the animal gossip. The problem is that no one believes she can talk and Josh's warning about a fox on the loose in the chicken house is laughed at - until it is too late. Underscored by the drama of Josh's mother having to stay in hospital until her new baby is born. 'Son, we're not good layers.'this story has an appealing humorous, folksy feel.
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9781869662608
Maori Tales of Long Ago order quantity
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NZ$ 30.00 each
Hardback
Author: A.W. Reed
Published by: New Holland Publishers (New Zealand) Ltd
In Stock: 2
Maori Tales of Long Ago is a newly published facsimile edition of a classic collection of 16 stories adapted from Maori mythology for a young readership. The tales were originally published by A.W. & A.H. Reed during the late 1940s in two hardback volumes, Maori Tales of Long Ago and Wonder Tales of Maoriland. Best-sellers of their time, they gave a generation of New Zealand children a lyrical introduction to the world of Maori mythology. In each story, a myth is narrated and brought to life by genial old Popo, the village storyteller and friend of the chief's son and daughter, Rata and Hine. This edition faithfully keeps the charming original drawings by A.S. Paterson, including eight colour plates. It contains a new foreword from David Simmons, a distinguished ethnologist, former assistant director of the Auckland War Memorial Museum, and author of several books on Maoritanga.
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9780007245192
Mystic and the Midnight Ride (Pony Club Secrets #1) order quantity
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NZ$ 15.00 each
Paperback
Author: Stacy Gregg
Published by: Harper Collins
In Stock: 2
The first adventure in this fast-paced, action-packed pony-club series for all girls who love horses. Issie loves horses and is a member of the Chevalier Point Pony Club, where she looks after her pony, Mystic, trains for gymkhanas and hangs out with her best friends. When Issie is asked to train Blaze, an abandoned pony, her rising skills are put to the test. Can she tame the spirited new horse? And is Blaze really out of danger?
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9780143303350
Salt (Salt #1) order quantity
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NZ$ 18.00 each
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Author: Maurice Gee
Published by: Puffin
In Stock: 2
Hari lives in Blood Burrow, deep in the ruined city of Belong, where he survives by courage and savagery. He is scarred from fighting, he is dangerous and cruel, but he has a secret gift: he can speak with animals. When his father, Tarl, is taken as a slave and sent to the mine known as Deep Salt, from where no worker ever returns, Hari vows to save him.
Pearl is from the ruling families, known as Company, which has conquered and enslaved Hari's people. Her destiny involves marriage that will unite her family with that of the powerful and ambitious Ottmar. But Pearl has learned forbidden things from Tealeaf, her maid, and will never submit to a subordinate life.
A long journey through the badlands towards Deep Salt finds Pearl and Hari united for a common cause. It soon becomes clear that the survival of their people depends entirely upon the success of Pearl and Hari's mission.
Winner of the Young Adult Category of the New Zealand ... more
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9780958278737
Snake and Lizard order quantity
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NZ$ 20.00 each
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Author: Joy Cowley & Gavin Bishop
Published by: Gecko Press
In Stock: 2
Two very different creatures learn the give-and-take of friendship in these warm and funny stories set in the desert. Snake and Lizard are a lovable, foolish pair, always arguing, embarking on unlikely enterprises and telling one another hotly contested tales - none of which behaviour lessens their affection for one another.

This book was the winner of the Junior Fiction Category, and winner of the New Zealand Post Book of the Year Award 2008.
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9781869791506
The Crossing (Blood of the Lamb #1) order quantity
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NZ$ 20.00 each
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Author: Mandy Hager
Published by: Random House New Zealand Ltd
In Stock: 2
Finalist in the Young Adult category of the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards 2010.

This book, the first in a stunning new trilogy, is set on a fictional Pacific island, approximately three generations after an apocalyptic event (a solar flare) in 2012 threw the world into complete chaos.

At that time, a large cruise ship 'Star of the Sea' had just foundered at the entrance to the main lagoon. This cruise ship, and her accompanying crew, forms a temporary sanctuary for the island's inhabitants. Over the intervening years, the descendants of the original ship's captain and officers manipulate Christian texts to implant themselves as 'gods'. With greater resources and reserves than the islanders, this white elite re-builds a society that is predominantly designed to meet its own needs - especially one specialised 'need'…the need for blood.
A leukaemia-related disease (attributed to the radiation from the solar flare) has ... more
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9780143304739
The Ghost Tree and Other Eerie Tales order quantity
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NZ$ 30.00 each
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Author: Anthony Holcroft Illustrated by Lyn Kriegler
Published by: Puffin
In Stock: 2
Two boys go camping for a night and get more than they bargained for. A fairy tale with an eerie twist - the heroine of this story may not be the enchanting princess you're used to from tales of old. Our hero finds out the hard way that sometimes the dead don't like sharing their toys. This is a spooky collection of stories designed to give you chills. With tales of magical cabbage trees able to move from place to place, not-so-harmless house guests and music that bridges the gap between the dead and the living, there's a story here for everyone.
With black and white illustrations.
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9781869508524
The Haystack order quantity
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NZ$ 20.00 each
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Author: Jack Lasenby
Published by: HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)
In Stock: 2
It's the 1930s Depression, and Maggie is growing up without a mother in the little Waikato dairying township of Waharoa. Maggie has to make do with her father's friends, neighbours, and an old biddy who should know better but can't help herself. Maggie torments the boy down the road, sets fire to the dunny, helps with half the district to build a haystack, and sees the tragedy of unemployment. Along the way, Maggie makes new friends and receives kindness and help in learning what a girl needs to know.
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9781877460258
The Loblolly Boy order quantity
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NZ$ 20.00 each
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Author: James Norcliffe
Published by: Longacre Press
In Stock: 2
Finalist for the Junior Fiction category of the New Zealand Post Book Awards 2010

Or, as it reads on the title page - the strange and diverting story of the Loblolly Boy, a fantasy novel by James Norcliffe involving enchantment, mystery, one garden gnome and a wombat's bottom.
To the boy called Red, it seems the most marvellous escape he could wish for: a gift that grants him more freedom than he ever believed possible - the chance to fly, to soar with the gulls, high over the tall brick walls that have imprisoned him for so long. But this gift comes with a terrible price - and puts him in grave danger.
Is there anyone Red can trust to help him? The curious Captain Bass who has strange powers of his own? The wildly unpredictable twin sisters he is strongly drawn to?

In this magical, mysterious story, Red's adventure is like a chamber of mirrors at a carnival - a dazzling and breathtaking tale.
This book had its ... more
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9781869438876
The Mine's Afire! The Journal of Tommy Carter, Brunnerton, 1896 (My Story) order quantity
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NZ$ 18.00 each
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Author: Susan Battye & Thelma Eakin
Published by: Scholastic New Zealand
In Stock: 2
Finalist for the Junior Fiction category of the New Zealand Post Book Awards 2010

This fictional diary records the tragedy, heroism and bitter aftermath of the worst industrial disaster in New Zealand's history - the Brunner Mine Disaster of 1896. The son of a coalminer from Lancashire who is working in the Brunner mine, Tommy is a typical boy living in the West Coast mining community of Dobson. He catches eels, plays cornet in the local band and looks forward to leaving school and getting a job. But he is not keen to follow his uncle down into the Brunner mine, with its hardships and ever-present danger.
Tommy has been sent a journal from his maternal grandmother back in England, with the request that he fill it in over the following 12 months and then send it back to her; the idea being that she will in this way get to know the grandson she has never met.

This is the story of the terrible day when Tommy's worst fears ... more
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9780143503880
The Terrible Taniwha of Timberditch order quantity
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NZ$ 19.00 each
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Author: Joy Cowley Illustrated by Rodney McRae
Published by: Puffin
In Stock: 2
This reissue of Joy Cowley's classic children's story follows Josephine as she tries to discover exactly what a taniwha is. Dad tells her the taniwha is a terrible beast but Mum doesn't believe they are real. Mr Mackie thinks it's a slimy monster with a long neck and teeth like carving knives. Mr Chen thinks it's like a Chinese dragon while Mr Papadoupolos thinks it's like a Greek Gorgon. Everyone seems to have a different opinion so Josephine thinks the best solution is to catch a taniwha and find out for herself.
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9781877135873
Thunder Road order quantity
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NZ$ 19.00 each
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Author: Ted Dawe
Published by: Longacre Press
In Stock: 2
Young Adult Fiction category winner in the 2004 NZ Post Children's Book awards.
You find it in any city after the cops are in bed - Thunder Road.

It's where the street racers go to test their machines, and their nerve. Trace is 19 and has grown out of small town ways. He's hungry for more. In Auckland he hooks up with Devon, a guy with the Midas touch, who introduces Trace to burn-offs, big city style. When Trace falls for a girl even Devon says is out of his league loyalties are stretched.

Then Devon hits on a dangerous scheme for hauling in cash. Soon enough he and Trace find out who really controls the strip and the underworld starts closing in… Edgy and very topical. Ted Dawe says that Devon reminds him of his cousin Jak - a dynamic, over-confident street-racer who died in a car accident.
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9781869419868
A Birthday in the Life of Ozzie Kingsford #1 order quantity
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NZ$ 20.00 each
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Author: Val Bird Illustrated by Rebecca Cundy
Published by: Random House New Zealand Ltd
In Stock: 1
7.45am Saturday 1st of December: My mother tells me that at three minutes to four o'clock this afternoon; I will have lived in this world for exactly eleven years. "Oh, my goodness, you were such a cute baby," she sighs, then reaches out a hand and ruffles my hair, "I wonder what went wrong." Ozzie did not choose his time of arrival on this earth, but unfortunately turned out to be the first-born male child of his generation. The original Oswald Devon Kingsford was his great-great-great-great grandfather. He was a famous explorer. During the course of his exploits, he kept a journal. After sailing in ships, trekking across deserts, climbing great mountains, and discovering lost tribes - he dropped down dead deep in the Amazon jungle, but not until he wrote this final entry in his journal: 'I beg thee. Do not let my name die with me - my last request is that the first born male child of each generation shall carry my name into the ... more
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9780007131358
Alchemy order quantity
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NZ$ 16.00 each
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Author: Margaret Mahy
Published by: HarperCollins Publishers
In Stock: 1
A mind-blowing new novel from multi-award winning author Margaret Mahy.

Roland has everything a young man could wish for - good looks, enough money, a cool relationship with his mother, ready wit, intelligence, a sexy girlfriend, a perfect school record. So the fact that he committed a petty crime and that, somehow, one of his teachers knows about it is something he can hardly explain to himself, let alone anyone else.

The teacher, Mr Hudson, uses this knowledge to blackmail Roland into befriending the school misfit - Jess Ferret. The reason he gives is concern for her wellbeing, but even Roland finds this rather far-fetched. And when Jess doesn't respond to his confident advances, he becomes intrigued with the girl for his own reasons. Roland discovers Jess's dark secret and also finds that he has one of his own...

Margaret Mahy was born in New Zealand and has loved telling stories all her life. She has published ... more
 
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