Lopini the Legend by Feana Tu'akoi
$21.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
When Lopini is replaced as kapa haka leader at school, he starts to spiral. It doesn’t matter that he thinks it’s a good idea, or that he agreed to the change in the first place. He’s a hard-out perfectionist and this feels like a public failure. Lopini’s best mate, Fi, thinks he’s overreacting. After ...Show more
The Jillion 2: By New Zealand's Young Writers and Artists (selections from Toitoi issues 13-24) by edited by Charlotte Gibbs
$22.50 NZD
$45.00 (50% off)
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: The Jillion
The Jillion 2 has landed! An inspirational 300-page hardcover collection of some of the most amazing writing and art from Toitoi 13-24 – it even has ribbons so that everyone in the family can mark their favourite pages! The fantastic cover illustration is by Jasper Macknight-Wilson, age 11. As with it ...Show more
The Mapmakers' Race (#1) by Eirlys Hunter
$22.99 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: The Mapmakers
Four children temporarily lose their parents just as they are about to begin the race that offers their last chance of escaping poverty. Their task is to map a rail route through an uncharted wilderness. They overcome the many obstacles posed by nature, bears, bees, bats, river crossings, cliff falls, i ...Show more
The Uprising: The Mapmakers in Cruxcia (#2) by Eirlys Hunter
$22.99 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: The Mapmakers
In this follow-up to the internationally successful The Mapmakers' Race, the Santander children are drawn into a community’s rebellion against a despot and use their mapping skills to avert an environmental scam. Sal, Joe, Francie and Humphrey Santander are mapmakers looking for their father, a famous ...Show more
Toitoi #28 (Winter 2022) by edited by Charlotte Gibbs
$11.50 NZD
$23.00 (50% off)
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Toitoi
Toitoi is a quarterly journal of writing and art by New Zealand children, ages 5-13. With over 100 pages of original stories, poetry and artwork, Toitoi gives our young writers and artists a real purpose and a wide audience. Toitoi can be read at home or at school and is a valuable classroom resource. ...Show more
Toitoi #31 (Autumn 2023) by edited by Charlotte Gibbs
$11.50 NZD
$23.00 (50% off)
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
Toitoi 31 is our stunning autumn issue, with gorgeous cover art by Greta de Walters, age 15. Toitoi celebrates the creative spirit of young New Zealanders. We believe that their work has purpose and deserves a wide audience. We publish material with an original and authentic voice that other young peop ...Show more
Tui Street Heroes (#2) by Anne Kayes
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Tui Street
What happens when you find yourself on a dangerous journey, and you’re expected to be the hero? Who can help when you’re faced with vicious creatures that are meant to be extinct or people who don’t care whether you live or die?The Tūī Street kids are writing ‘hero’s journey’ stories at school, but soon ...Show more
Children of the Rush (#1) by James Russell
$21.99 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Children of the Rush
It's 1861, and gold fever is sweeping the world. Otherwise sensible adults have gone mad and will do anything to get their hands on the precious metal. But two children have been caught up in the rush. Michael and Atarangi couldn't be more different, but they share one thing: each has a remarkable and m ...Show more
Maia and the Mermaid Princess by Kate S Richards
$27.99 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
Enter a world of mermaid royalty, dolphin communication, and magical mystery. Princess Henrietta, a beautiful mermaid, loves collecting pets, but when she takes in a knobbly-kneed creature, she doesn’t realise what it could cost him. On land, Maia is excited to spend her holidays with her marine ...Show more
The Ghost House by Bill Nagelkerke
$24.99 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds
David's family moves to a house on the edge of the Red Zone - a strange wilderness that's returning to nature after earthquakes destroyed the homes there a decade before. But David doesn't venture into the area. He's not well - he can't play cricket or go to school - and his parents have declared the Re ...Show more
The Golden Spark Plug of Awesomeness (Louis Light-Saber #1) by Stu Duval
$24.99 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Louis Light-Saber
When Louis Light-Saber left Boring Town and went seeking adventure he never dreamed it would take him to Giant Mosquitos, Machine Gun Monkeys and Rock 'n Roll Mermaids!
Toitoi #32 (Winter 2023) by edited by Charlotte Gibbs
$23.00 NZD
Category: NZ Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Toitoi
Toitoi 32 is our fantastic winter issue, with stunning cover art by Meilan George-Cawte, age 11.