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Birdsong by Katya Balen
$17.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
After a devastating car crash, Annie is unable to play her flute and retreats from the music she's always loved.She exists in a world of angry silence - furious with her mum and furious she can't seem to play her beloved flute any more.Then she meets Noah, who shows her the blackbirds' nest hidden in t ...Show more
Foxlight by Katya Balen
$19.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
From the author of October, October, winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal, comes a heartbreaking and heart-warming story about sisterhood, found family and accepting love in the most unusual and unknown places. Fen and Rey were found curled up small and tight in the fiery fur of the foxes at the very edge ...Show more
Nightjar by Katya Balen
$18.99 NZD
Category: Dyslexia Friendly
When Noah's dad visits from New York, he and Noah come across an injured nightjar during a walk in the countryside. Noah is determined to save the bird, but his dad believes they should leave it alone to let nature take its course. As father and son argue, it becomes clear that Noah is angry about more ...Show more
October, October by Katya Balen
$20.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
Katya Balen's October, October is a very special new addition to the shelf and deserves classic status - The Times Children's Book of the Week A classic in the making for anyone who ever longed to be WILD. October and her dad live in the woods. They know the trees and the rocks and the lake and stars li ...Show more
The Light in Everything by Katya Balen
$16.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
This is the story of Tom and Zofia. Tom is quiet and careful and is only just starting to feel safe, even though his dad has been in jail for nearly two years now. Zofia is the opposite. Inside her there's a storm that's always raging and it makes her want to run and shout and fight the whole world to m ...Show more
The Light in Everything by Katya Balen
$19.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
'Original, compulsive, uplifting- this is another triumph for Balen' - Alex O'Connell, The Times Children's Book of the Week'Balen's best book yet- ambitious, funny, spirited, moving, heartfelt and bold all at once. She's a force to be reckoned with' - Ross Montgomery_______________From the author of Oc ...Show more
The Space We're In by Katya Balen
$16.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
Ten-year-old Frank has trouble navigating his relationship with his younger brother Max who is autistic. Frank loves soccer, codes, riding his bike, and playing with his friends. His brother Max is five. Max only eats foods that are beige or white, hates baths, and if he has to wear a t-shirt that i ...Show more
The Space We're In by Katya Balen
$23.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
We are her world and her universe and her space and her stars and her sky and her galaxy and her cosmos too Frank is ten. He likes cottage pie and football and cracking codes. Max is five. He eats only Quavers and some colours are too bright for him and if he has to wear a new T-shirt he melts down down ...Show more
The Thames and Tide Club: Squid Invasion by Katya Balen; Rachael Dean (Illustrator)
$16.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
The mudlarkers of the Thames and Tide Club are about to face Squidmageddon in a funny and fast-paced adventure for young treasure hunters. When the director of the mudlarking museum goes on holiday for a week, he leaves three members of the Thames and Tide Club - Clem, Zara and Ash - in charge. They're ...Show more
The Thames and Tide Club: The Secret City by Katya Balen
$16.99 NZD
Category: Junior Fiction 5-9-year-olds | Series: The Thames and Tide Club
An exciting new adventure series for young readers from Carnegie Medal winner Katya Balen, author of October, October and The Light in Everything. Clem and her friends Ash and Zara are members of the Thames and Tide Club! Every weekend they go mudlarking by the river, searching for treasures that have ...Show more
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