Shockwave (#3 Jack Courtney) by Wilbur Smith
$16.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories | Series: Jack Courtney
The third high-octane instalment in the bestselling author's compelling Jack Courtney Adventures for readers 10+, following CLOUDBURST and THUNDERBOLT. On the pretext of making a film for his mother's environmental protection work, Jack wangles an expedition to the Arctic with his friends Amelia and Xan ...Show more
Northwind by Gary Paulsen
$19.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
From Gary Paulsen, the bestselling and much-loved author of Hatchet, comes another high-stakes survival story about a young boy on the knife-edge between life and death, where the raging seas meet a coastal wilderness. When a deadly plague reaches the small fish camp where he lives, an orphan named Leif ...Show more
Clarice the Brave by Lisa McMann
$17.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
New York Times bestselling author of The Unwanteds brings us an epic animal adventure story perfect for fans of Pax and A Wolf Called Wander.The only good cat is a fed cat. Clarice, a young ship mouse, knows this to be true.She and her brother, Charles Sebastian, were taught to be careful-as all mice ar ...Show more
Spark by Mitch Johnson
$19.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
A land trapped in summer. A missing father. A dangerous journey. The explosive, action-packed new adventure from the award-winning author of Kick and Pop! Ash has always lived in Last Village, lonely since the day his father left and never came back. The world is unbearably hot, water is drying up, and ...Show more
Violet and the Pie of Life by D. L. Green
$21.00 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
There's no golden ratio for a family, despite what number-crunching Violet might think.Twelve-year-old Violet has two great loves in her life- math and pie. And she loves her parents, even though her mom never stops nagging and her dad can be unreliable. Mom plus Dad doesn't equal perfection. Still, Vio ...Show more
The Runaway Girls by Jacqueline Wilson
$21.00 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
The must-have new Victorian novel from bestselling, much-loved children's author, Jacqueline Wilson.Victorian London, 1851. Queen Victoria is on the throne and the Great Exhibition is about to open!Lucy Locket lives with her father, the New Mother and the New Baby. They sent away her beloved Nurse and r ...Show more
The Hunt for the Nightingale by Sarah Ann Juckes
$19.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
Discover the healing power of nature in one boy's heartbreaking and hopeful journey back from the wilderness.Bird fact no. 30: a nightingale song is one of the most beautiful sounds on the planet. Ten-year-old Jasper has been waiting all spring for his beloved nightingale to return to his garden and sin ...Show more
Muck and Magic by Michael Morpurgo
$16.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
A contemporary countryside tale about the power of friendship and creativity, from the nation's favourite children's author. A beautiful countryside story for Michael Morpurgo fans, illustrated by Olivia Lomenech Gill (J. K. Rowling's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them). Bonny has always wanted to ...Show more
Me, In Between by Julya Rabinowich
$21.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
Madina’s family have fled war to seek asylum in Europe and begin a hopeful new life. An ordinary world of fitting in at school, learning the language and forging friendships lies before Madina. Yet she finds herself caught between her new life and her traumatic memories of the past. With the endless wai ...Show more
The Butterfly Lion [25th Anniversary Edition] by Michael Morpurgo
$59.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
Celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the stunning, classic story of an unforgettable friendship with a glorious colour gift edition, fully illustrated by Christian Birmingham. "All my life I'll think of you, I promise I will. I won't ever forget you." Bertie rescues an orphaned white lion cub fro ...Show more
Dear Greta by Yvette Poshoglian
$21.00 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
When everything seems to be going wrong, sometimes you just have to stand up for what you believe in, even if it's just in your own little corner of the world ... This was meant to be Alice's year to shine, but things are already going wrong... At school, she's given young environmental activist Greta ...Show more
The Smartest Kid in the Universe: Genius Camp by Chris Grabenstein
$23.00 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories | Series: SMARTEST KID IN THE UNIVERSE
"Chris Grabenstein just might be the smartest writer for kids in the universe." -James Patterson The Smartest Kid in the Universe goes to genius camp in book two of this action-packed series from the New York Times bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library! Jake McQuade is the smartest ...Show more