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My Life of Crime by Fleur Beale
$17.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction
Anthony wants a swimming pool,likes his neighbours.He decides to catch a Paua poacher and to hold him to ransom. Of course things aren't as simple as he thinks.In between rescuing the paper boy from a gang of hoons,settling into a new school and working hard Anthony slowly changes from a mummys boy into ...Show more
My Story: A New Song in the Land - the Writings of Atapo, Paihia, C.1840 by Fleur Beale
$17.99 NZD
Category: Miscellaneous | Series: My Story S.
This powerful story, set at the time of New Zealand's founding document in 1840, traces Atapo's capture and slavery as a child through to her escape to the mission house in the Bay of Islands as a 14-year-old. There she learns the new English ways and language and is present at the signing of the Treaty ...Show more
Once Upon a Wickedness by Fleur Beale
$22.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
An exciting adventure novel for contemporary kids with a fairytale setting, a daring hero and message that you're never too young and powerless to stand up to tyrants! What happens when a group of school children, led by the resourceful ten-year-old Dance Violet, dare to ask those in power some hard qu ...Show more
Quin Majik and the Hairy Roof Rescue by Fleur Beale
$8.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction
The parents of Tidy Street have decided that Quin Majik is a Bad Influence, and he may no longer see his friend, Fred Smart. But all this changes when Fred's dad gets marooned on the roof of the Smart family home. Quin and Fred are allowed to invent together once more - this time they must create a cont ...Show more
Sins of the Father: The Long Shadow of a Religious Community by Fleur Beale
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
The disturbing story of the ruthless exercise of power in a New Zealand religious cult. Charismatic, driven and self-righteous, Neville Cooper set up his own brand of Christian utopia on earth: a reclusive community on the West Coast of New Zealand. For the 400 inhabitants of Gloriavale, his word is law ...Show more
Speed Freak by Fleur Beale
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction
Racing. Winning. That's all that matters in this exciting teen story about driving competitively. Fifteen-year-old Archie Barrington is a top kart driver, aiming to win the Challenge series and its ultimate prize of racing in Europe. He loves the speed, the roar of the engine, the tactics and the thrill ...Show more
The Boy in the Olive Grove by Fleur Beale
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction
The past lives of Bess Gray catch up with her in this passionate YA story by a NZ Post Children's Book Award-winner. On the night of her 17th birthday Bess Grey sees images of a witch-burning unfold in front of her as if in a movie. She also sees images of lovers from a different time and she's sure the ...Show more
The Calling by Fleur Beale
$19.99 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction
A novel about finding your calling, the extraordinary nun Mother Mary Joseph Aubert, and the realities of religious bigotry in late-nineteenth century New Zealand. 'Dreams were dangerous things.' It was the dream of Molly's dying mother that she would become a nun. It isn't, however, the dream of her ...Show more