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A Skull in Shadows Lane by Robert Swindells
19.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
The war has just ended in the tiny village of Coney Cley, and Josh and his gang are desperate for some excitement. When they head for the eerie, abandoned Shadows Lane to explore a deserted house, they find more than they bargained for - a human tooth. Then a creepy, skeletal face appears at a dark wind ...Show more
Blitzed by Robert Swindells
16.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Reading Level: From 9 To 11
George is fascinated by World War Two. Bombers, Nazis, doodlebugs. But he discovers the reality is very different from how he had imagined it when a school trip to a World War Two museum leads to a timeslip - and George is in London at the time of the Blitz! He joins up with a group of other homeless ch ...Show more
Blitzed by Robert Swindells
16.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
George is fascinated by World War Two - bombers, Nazis, doodlebugs. But he discovers the reality is very different from how he had imagined it when a school trip to a World War Two museum leads to a timeslip - and George is in London at the time of the Blitz! He joins up with a group of other homeless c ...Show more
Branded by Robert Swindells
16.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Puffin Teenage Bks.
Dale's older brother has been convicted of killing five women. The family are branded forever as relatives of a murderer - they're forced to change their names, move away and start new lives. That's bad enough, but Dale is also afraid that he might take after his brother and turn into a monster too. The ...Show more
Burnout by Robert Swindells
19.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
This book is suitable for reluctant readers of 13-16 with a reading age of eight years. It is printed on cream paper, which is proven to be more restful on the eye. The font is specially designed to encourage a smooth and easy read. There are frequent page breaks, short, headed chapters and illustration ...Show more
Dan's War (RA 8+ IA 13+) by Robert Swindells
21.00 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Reading Level: 8
Dan Langley may be too young to fight in the war - but he's not too young to take down the enemy! Second World War thriller from a Carnegie Medal- winning author. It's WWII and Dan Langley is stuck working in General Winton's garden instead of fighting in the trenches. When Dan begins to notice some ...Show more
Daz 4 Zoe by Robert Swindells
14.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Reading Level: From 13 to 18
It is the year 2051 and Britain is a divided country, deliberately divided by economic and education strategies. Half the population shelters in fortified suburbs (Newtown); the other half resentfully smoulders in sealed-off ghettoes. This is the story of privileged Zoe and Daz, the semi-literate ghetto ...Show more
Nightmare Stairs by Robert Swindells
16.99 NZD
18.00 (5% off)
Category: Young Adult Fiction
I'm falling - falling down steep, narrow stairs - If I hit the bottom asleep, I know I'll never wake. Every night, Kirsty wakes up screaming. Every night, she has the same terrible nightmare - of falling downstairs. But does she fall? Or is she pushed? Then Kirsty discovers that her grandma died falling ...Show more
Nightmare Stairs by Robert Swindells
16.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Reading Level: 8-11
Every night Kirsty wakes up screaming. Every night she has the same terrible nightmare - of falling downstairs. But does she fall? Or is she pushed? Then Kirsty discovers that her grandma died falling downstairs and she begins to wonder: is the dream hinting at a dark secret in her family?
No Angels by Robert Swindells
14.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Puffin Teenage Books S.
Listen, I know somewhere. A squat. And that's how it starts. My life of crime, I mean. A century apart, Nikki and Nick are both struggling to live on the streets of London. No joke when it's freezing cold and you have nothing to eat. How long can they stay on the right side of the law? And what wi ...Show more
Orchard Book of Viking Stories by Robert Swindells
26.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
Ten gripping stories from Norse mythology - made lively and exciting for today's readers, retold by Robert Swindells. The fiery world of the Vikings is filled with amazing adventures and acts of courage. Battles with mighty giants, demons and dwarves abound and superhuman gods
Ruby Tanya by Robert Swindells
16.95 NZD
19.99 (15% off)
Category: Children Fiction
This is a contemporary tale about two friends - one of whom, Asra, is an asylum seeker from an unnamed Eastern European country. The other, Ruby Tanya, is the daughter of a local man who is campaigning against the presence of asylum seekers in his community. During a dramatic explosion at the girls' sch ...Show more