'Some things are just sitting there, minding their own business, waiting to be discovered. Like America. And other things are probably better off left alone'
Nine-year-old Bruno has a lot of things on his mind. Who is the 'Fury'? Why did he make them leave their nice home in Berlin to go to 'Out... read more

A classic bestseller that's been in print for over 20 years, this gripping YA thriller follows a teenage girl caught in a religious cult. Imagine that your mother tells you she's going away. She is going to leave you with relatives you'v... read more

Inseparable best friends Dean and Pelly frequently get up to no good. Dean is a dare-devil, and Pelly always seems to end up going along for the ride. Dean's amateur bomb-making is one step too far, and is soon followed by a bombshell of another sort: Pelly's... read more

Rochelle has her hopes set on one day playing in New Zealand's National Women's Inline Hockey team. Her goal seems to slip from her reach as she gets sucked into her brother, Jack's, world of gangs and drug dealing. But is the gang life what Rochelle's br... read more

In the cramped, open cockpit of a Gypsy Moth plane, exposed to torrential monsoons, the stinging sand of blinding sandstorms and the freezing, thin air of high altitudes, Jean Batten smashed records in flights across the world in the 1930s. With no parachute or ... read more

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On the anniversary of his sister's death, Jonny Dart is still troubled by guilt and an imperfect memory of the accident. He goes searching for the only other witness to the fatal event, his sister's best friend. But instead of finding the answers, he finds Sophie - an old woman with Alzheimer's. Paperback (B-Format)

A fiction title unashamedly written for boys. In the same vein as 'A Handful of Blue', this story starts out humourously but moves into an introspective mood. It is written in an unusual contemporary style that will apeal to teenagers. The story starts with a t... read more

'Nick had seen the birthmark on Susan's wrist. It had two parts. Each was shaped like a tear drop, curved like a moon. One was bright red and the other golden brown.'
Susan had always been a bit odd and never really got on with her cousin ... read more

London has been destroyed by fire, killing all the vampires – except one. Father Baldwin has escaped and is on the run with Mary who he has turned into one of the undead. With Lucius and Peter on their trail, Baldwin travels ... read more

The whale rider was Kahutia Te Rangi. Ancestor of the people of Te Tai Rawhiti, he travelled from Hawaiki, the place of the Ancients, to the East Coat of New Zealand. Then there was Kahu. The first great-grandchild of the whanau, she was loved by all her ... read more

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Within the pages of this omnibus, readers will discover all three books upon which the movie Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events is based: The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room, and The Wide Window. Like the movi... read more

Finalist New Zealand Post Awards Junior Fiction 2005 Millie is a girl of extreme independence and resourcefulness. The other kids at school think she's just weird, but they are about to find out that, sometimes, extreme resourcefulness is exactly what is nee... read more