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A Very Peculiar Plague (#2 City of Orphans) by Catherine Jinks
18.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: City of Orphans
'Bogles ain't like pigeons. They don't travel in flocks. So why is this corner o' London crawling with 'em?'Eleven-year-old Jem Barbary spent most of his early life picking pockets for a canny old crook named Sarah Pickles. Now she's betrayed him, and Jem wants revenge. He also wants to work for bogler ...Show more
A Very Singular Guild (City of Orphans #3) by Catherine Jinks
18.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: City of Orphans
Twelve-year-old Ned Roach used to scavenge for scraps along the Thames riverbank. But the recent plague of child-eating bogles in London means that he's now working as an apprentice to Alfred Bunce, the bogler.Alongside Jem Barbary and (sometimes) Birdie McAdam, Ned must lure bogles out of their lairs s ...Show more
A Very Unusual Pursuit (#1 City of Orphans) by Catherine Jinks
18.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: City of Orphans | Reading Level: very good
Monsters have been infesting London's dark places for centuries, eating every child who gets too close. That's why ten-year-old Birdie McAdam works for Alfred Bunce, the bogler. With her beautiful voice and dainty looks, Birdie is the bait that draws bogles from their lairs so that Alfred can kill them. ...Show more
Barney (HB) by Catherine Jinks
19.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
Barney loves cat food. Barney loves greens. Barney loves bacon and biscuits and beans...
Charlatan by Catherine Jinks
37.00 NZD
Category: True Crime
Thomas Guthrie Carr is charged by Eliza Gray with mesmerising her and raping her while she was under his influence. But if mesmerism and Mr Carr are shams, was Eliza raped? In the tradition of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, Charlatan is the story of a notorious nineteenth-century court case involving a l ...Show more
Eglantine: Allies ghost Hunters #1 by Jinks, Catherine
17.99 NZD
18.99 (5% off)
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Allie's Ghosthunters
Who is writing on the walls?..We moved into our new house because Mum liked the vibes. But those vibes turned scary when ghostly writing started appearing on the walls of Bethan's room. Mum tried a few new-age tricks, but couldn't stop the creepy nightmares. We even called in paranormal investigators, b ...Show more
Eloise by Catherine Jinks
16.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
Playing about with ghosts can be dangerous, but Alethea needs all her detective skills, and the help of her friends, to solve the mystery of Eloise. Book 3 in Catherine Jinks' spooky ghost story series is gripping, creepy and unputdownable.Playing about with ghosts can be dangerous. That's why I wasn't ...Show more
Eloise: A Ghost Story by Catherine Jinks
17.99 NZD
18.99 (5% off)
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Allie's Ghosthunters Ser.
Who is the presence in the bedroom?..I wasn't too keen on the Exorcists' Club at first. I mean, playing about with ghosts can be dangerous. But when Bettina begged me to help her aunt contact a dead relative, I gave in. That's what ghost hunters are for, right? If only I'd known what the seance would wa ...Show more
Elysium: A Ghost Story: No. 4 by Catherine Jinks
17.99 NZD
18.99 (5% off)
Category: Children Fiction
Who is waiting in the cave?..The Jenolan Caves Ghost Tour sounded like the perfect weekend for a ghost hunter. But I didn't realise I was letting myself in for a whole lot more than just a haunted hotel and endless family squabbles. Something was on our trail. Something vicious, mysterious, and very, ve ...Show more
Eustace by Catherine Jinks
16.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
From the author of Eglantine here is another deliciously spooky junior novel about Alethea, the girl with more ghosts than she can handle ... But is Eustace really the ghost of a baby long dead? After Eglantine vanished, I thought I was through with ghosts. That was before I went on a school excursion ...Show more
Eustace: Allie's Ghost Hunters #2 by Catherine Jinks
17.99 NZD
18.99 (5% off)
Category: Children Fiction
Who is haunting the cabin?..After Eglantine vanished, I thought I was through with ghosts. Then I went on a school excursion to Hill End and found myself investigating a whole bunch of them. First there was the ghost of Granny Evans, pacing around the museum. And Eustace Harrow smashing things up in Tay ...Show more
Evil Genius (#1) by Catherine Jinks
23.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Genius Trilogy | Reading Level: good
Cadel Piggott is a seven-year-old genius with a knack for systems. He can do just about anything: disable home security systems, hack into government databases and commit credit card fraud. But when he gets in trouble with the police his parents are forced to take him to a therapist, Dr Thaddeus Roth. B ...Show more