Freeglader by Paul Stewart
$19.90 NZD
Category: Children's fiction | Series: Edge Chronicles
Fleeing from the ruins of New Undertown, Rook Barkwater and his colleagues - the librarian knights, Felix Lodd and his banderbear friends - must lead the escaping population to a new life in the Free Glades. But perils aplenty are ahead for the crowd - not to mention some goblins with plans of their own ...Show more
Boys Don't Cry by Malorie Blackman
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
In Boys Don't Cry, bestselling author Malorie Blackman explores the unchartered territory of teenage fatherhood. You're waiting for the postman - he's bringing your A level results. University, a career as a journalist - a glittering future lies ahead. But when the doorbell rings it's your old girlfrien ...Show more
Saskia's Journey by Theresa Breslin
$19.99 NZD
Category: Children's fiction | Reading Level: very good
A gripping novel from the author of Remembrance. Saskia Granton is intrigued by an invitation to visit her mysterious great-aunt Alessandra up on the Scottish coast. It's a chance to rediscover her lifelong love of the sea, but Saskia also slowly realizes how little she really knows about her roots. Som ...Show more
Knife Edge (Noughts & Crosses #2) by Malorie Blackman
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction | Series: Noughts & Crosses | Reading Level: very good
Sephy is a Cross, one of the privileged in a society where the ruling Crosses treat the pale-skinned noughts as inferiors. But her baby daughter has a nought father-Jude is a nought. Eaten up with bitterness, he blames Sephy for the terrible losses his family has suffered-Now Jude's life rests on a knif ...Show more
Buried Fire by Jonathan Stroud
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
By digging up a Celtic cross in a churchyard, excavators have released the evil influences of an ancient worm, a dragon long-buried under a neighbouring hill, and powerful forces are at large among a community.
Golem's Eye (The Bartimaeus Trilogy #2) by Jonathan Stroud
$22.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
Two years have passed since the events of The Amulet Of Samarkand and the young magician Nathaniel is rising fast through the government ranks, but his career is suddenly threatened by a series of terrifying crises. A dangerous golem makes random attacks on London and other raids, even more threatening, ...Show more
Ptolemy's Gate by Jonathan Stroud
$22.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
Three years on from the events in The Golem's Eye, the magicians' rule in London is teetering on a knife-edge, with strikes, riots and general unrest. The Prime Minister is largely controlled by two advisors, one of whom is 17-year-old Nathaniel. Meanwhile, living under a false identity, Kitty has been ...Show more
The Catlady by Dick King-Smith (illus John Eastwood)
$15.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
Muriel lives alone with lots and lots and lots of cats. But Muriel's cats are no ordinary cats - they were once people she knew, now reincarnated in feline form! Muriel shares her house with various (deceased!) members of her family, and one rather special cat - the late Queen Victoria! An unusual tale ...Show more
Clash of the Sky Galleons (Edge Chronicles Quint Trilogy #3) by Paul Stewart
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction | Series: Edge Chronicles: Quint Sequence
Quint is travelling with his father, Wind Jackal, on a mission to track down and bring to justice Turbot Smeal, the man who started the fire that killed their family. Having left behind his studies at the Knights Academy, Quint is now eager to learn what it really means to be a sky pirate and to learn f ...Show more
The Immortals (Edge Chronicles #10) by Paul Stewart
$25.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction | Series: Edge Chronicles
Nate Quarter, a young Lamplighter from the mines of the eastern woods is propelled on an epic journey of self-discovery that encompasses tournaments, battles, revolutions and a final encounter with the Immortals themselves.
The Last Siege by Jonathan Stroud
$19.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction | Reading Level: From 12 To 99
Three teenagers meet up by chance on a day of deep snow at a deserted castle in a remote part of East Anglia. They are trespassing in the castle grounds in order to go sledging. The three main characters are all at odds with their families for various reasons. Emily, feisty and argumentative is simply b ...Show more
Varjak Paw #2: The Outlaw by S. F. Said
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
Having saved the city cats from a fate worse than death, Varjak Paw finds himself the elected and popular leader of a new gang - a gang that supports freedom and kindness for all. But will the pressure take its toll on this brave, yet sometimes naive cat? Soon, the city erupts in an all-out gang war as ...Show more