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1918: Broken Poppies (Kiwis at War) by Des Hunt
$19.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction | Series: Kiwis at War | Reading Level: very good
Four Christmases have passed since the world went to war in 1914. Struggling to survive in the trenches, close to enemy lines, amid the terror of gunfire and the whine of warplanes, Kiwi soldier Henry Hunt rescues a shaken little dog. He has no idea he'll soon be facing a disciplinary hearing. To Henry' ...Show more
Climate Change (Inside Bubble Earth) by Des Hunt
$40.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
What causes climate? What changes climate? Des Hunt takes us on an in-depth look at the science of climate and what we can all do to help the earth thrive. Favourite Kiwi eco-fiction writer, Des Hunt, presents the facts about the changes in the world’s climate and the effects of human actions in this no ...Show more
Cody's Unexpected Catch by Des Hunt
$15.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction
Cody and Wiri are surprised to find their whitebait is actually redbait and greenbait and purplebait. But bigger surprises are in store when a stranger comes to the beach and their holiday turns deadly. An outdoors adventure, featuring colour illustrations, for readers aged 7 to 10 years from the au ...Show more
Cool Nukes by Des Hunt
$18.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction
Take one cutting-edge science professor. Add two shocking laboratory explosions. Mix in an avalanche of cryptic messages and three science-geek students-and you have the recipe for a nuclear device that could solve all of humankind's energy problems! Max, Jian Xin and Cleo are making something spectacul ...Show more
Cry of the Taniwha by Des Hunt
$19.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction
Matt Logan isn't looking forward to spending the school holidays with his grandmother and her new husband. He has to fly to Rotorua, where he doesn't know anybody, and he's a bit wary of his new step-grandfather. All Matt knows is that he's Maori and a bus driver. Along with his worries, Matt packs his ...Show more
Deadly Feathers by Des Hunt
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
Noah Larsen lives in the big city, enjoying fast-foods, movies, and heaps of mates. That's until his parents decide to move to Stewart Island. Looking at a map, Noah sees the island as the most desolate place on earth, stuck way down south, almost at the bottom of the world. The reality, when he gets th ...Show more
Frog Whistle Mine by Des Hunt
$17.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
Set in Charleston, a gold-mining ghost town 30km south of Westport, Frog Whistle Mine is another of Des Hunt's trademark exciting, beautifully written contemporary action adventure stories for children, with ecological themes. Twelve-year-old Tony has lived all around New Zealand, travelling with his no ...Show more
Project Huia by Des Hunt
$19.50 NZD
Category: NZ fiction
As children, Logan's grandfather and his sister Mavis spotted a beautiful and unusual bird in the kowhai tree outside their house: it was a huia, which was believed to be extinct. In an attempt to photograph it they tracked it deep into the Manawatu Gorge. This was a dangerous journey, made even more s ...Show more
Shadows in the Ice by Des Hunt
$17.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction
When something falls into the ice, it takes seven years to reappear. As it comes closer you can see its shadow in the ice. Seven years ago, a hunter was killed in a tragic accident. His body disappeared, some say into the ice, while some wonder if it was an accident. When Tony Hogan-White arrives in the ...Show more
Steel Pelicans by Des Hunt
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction
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 parents are shifting the family back to New ...Show more
Sunken Forest by Des Hunt
$18.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction
Sent to live with his grandmother in Hastings after his father is jailed, Matt becomes the victim of bad friends and false accusations. Sent off on a military-style school camp to the wilds of Lake Waikaremoana, Matt again gets in trouble for something he didn't do, and is unjustly punished. Not allowed ...Show more
The Crocodile Nest by Des Hunt
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction | Reading Level: good
Luke Evans never knew his father - he'd cleared out before he was born. So when his internet skills track down someone living at a luxurious resort in tropical Queensland who could be his dad, Luke's imagination runs wild. What happens when they finally meet is unexpected, and shocks him to the core. Lu ...Show more