Tempest by Franzeska G. Ewart
17.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
It's a year after the events of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" have taken place and Arial has returned to the magical island. Gradually, she starts to look back and reflect upon the strange characters and happenings which took place on that fateful afternoon - the magic, the murder and Prospero's sweet rev ...Show more
Spilled Water by Sally Grindley
18.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Bloomsbury Educational Editions
When her father dies, Lu Si-yan, just eleven, is sold into domestic service by her uncle. Nearly two years will pass before she can get back home to her mother and brother. In this powerful and compelling novel Sally Grindley portrays the life of a young girl in modern-day China, a young girl whose life ...Show more
Small Steps (Blackbirds) by Louis Sachar
15.95 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
This is a brilliant companion volume to the mega-bestselling "Holes". Armpit and X-Ray are living in Austin, Texas. It is three years since they left the confines of Camp Green Lake Detention Centre and Armpit is taking small steps to turn his life around. He is working for a landscape gardener because ...Show more
Elsewhere (Blackbirds) by Gabrielle Zevin
15.95 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
In this delightful novel, death is just the beginning...Liz is killed in a hit-and-run accident and her 'life' takes a very unexpected turn. At nearly 16, she knows she will never get married, never have children, and perhaps never fall in love. But in "Elsewhere", things carry on almost as they did on ...Show more
"Romeo and Juliet" (modern retelling) by Michael Cox
17.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Shakespeare Today
Balthasar - Baz - a Montague mob foot soldier and Romeo's right hand man - narrates the tragic tale of Romeo and Juliet. The story unfolds on a contemporary Nottingham estate, where trouble is brewing between the Montague Mob and the Capulet Crew. This book presents a contemporary retelling of one of Sh ...Show more
Nicholas in Trouble by Rene Goscinny
36.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Nicholas ; bk. 5
Following on from the publication of "Nicholas", "Nicholas Again", "Nicholas on Holiday" and 'Nicholas and the Gang", this is the equally funny and charming fifth title in this well-loved series of books, now available to English-speaking children all over the world. In "Nicholas in Trouble", the gang s ...Show more
Rebel Angels (Gemma Doyle Trilogy #2) by Libba Bray
25.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Gemma Doyle Trilogy | Reading Level: 13-15
Gemma continues to pursue her destiny to bind the magic of the Realms and restore it to the Order. Gemma and her friends from Spence use magical power to transport themselves on visits from their corseted world of Victorian London, to the visionary country of the Realms, and it's strange beauty and mena ...Show more
Horse Mad Summer (Horse Mad #2) by Kathy Helidonicotis
16.99 NZD
17.50 (2% off)
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Horse Mad Ser.
Ashleigh is itching for her horse mad holiday with Becky and Jenna to begin. But when Jenna finally arrives from the city she feels like the vegemite in the sandwich. It's up to Ash to bring her two best friends together before time run out. Ages 8-12.
Afakasi Woman by Lani Wendt Young
29.00 NZD
Category: 2020 NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults | Reading Level: near fine
A collection of 24 short stories; the joys and tribulations of being a woman in Samoa and the struggles brought to an island nation by climate change.
Wynter's Thief by Sherryl Jordan
24.99 NZD
Category: 2020 NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults | Reading Level: near fine
Fox is a fringe dweller, with a T branded on his cheek that marks him a thief. He lives on his wits and moves from village to village. As the story opens he sees a commotion and finds Wynter, chained by her father, working as a water diviner. She finds water for the drought-strapped village, but they tu ...Show more
You've Reached Sam by Dustin Thao
27.99 NZD
Category: TikTok made me read it!
Seventeen-year-old Julie has her future all planned out-move out of her small town with her boyfriend Sam, attend college in the city, spend a summer in Japan. But then Sam dies. And everything changes. Heartbroken, Julie skips his funeral, throws out his things, and tries everything to forget him and t ...Show more