Curse of the Night Wolf (Barnaby Grimes #1) by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction | Series: Barnaby Grimes
Barnaby Grimes is a tick-tock lad, running errands in his city, day and night, and 'high-stacking' around the rooftops in search of new mysteries to solve. In this first adventure, Barnaby is attacked one night by an enormous dog. He kills it - but that's not the end of this particular mystery ...as Bar ...Show more
Return of the Emerald Skull (Barnaby Grimes #2) by Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
Barnaby Grimes is a tick-tock lad, running errands in his city, day and night, and high-stacking around the rooftops in search of new mysteries to solve. This is a fantastic romp through a Dickensian-style city, with a wonderful new hero in the guise of Barnaby.After collecting a strange parcel from a d ...Show more
The Shade of Hettie Daynes by Robert Swindells
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
If you expect to see a ghost, you see a ghost...That's what Bethan tells herself when her brother Harry takes her to see the ghost at the old reservoir. But she really can see it: a pale figure floating over the water, one finger pointing downwards. Local legend says that the ghost is Hettie Daynes, an ...Show more
The Sorceress (#3 Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel) by Michael Scott
$23.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction | Series: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel | Reading Level: 11+
"He holds the secret that can end the world. The truth- Nicholas Flamel was born in Paris on September 28, 1330. Nearly seven hundred years later, he is acknowledged as the greatest Alchemyst of his day. It is said that he discovered the secret of eternal life. The records show that he died in 1418. But ...Show more
Lyra's Oxford by Philip Pullman
$17.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction | Series: His Dark Materials
This is a wonderful episode from the world of Philip Pullman's bestselling trilogy, "His Dark Materials". In "Lyra's Oxford", the reader shares the huge excitement of discovering a small bundle of material that has somehow slipped between Lyra's universe and our own. The book includes a wonderful new st ...Show more
Jack Sweettooth by Malorie Blackman
$15.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
Jackson Winstanley Sweettooth (or Jack for short) is a mouse who lives with Matthew and the rest of the Bailey family. He gets the blame for a lot of things - Mrs Bailey thinks he's swallowed her ruby and nibbled at Shani's birthday cake. And Jack's biggest enemy is Beauregard Battersby-Bunge, the pesky ...Show more
Lizzie Zipmouth by Jacqueline Wilson
$15.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction | Reading Level: good
Lizzie refuses to speak. She doesn't want to talk to Rory or Jake, her new stepbrothers. Or to Sam, their dad. Or even to her mum. She's completely fed up with having to join a new family, and nothing can convince her to speak to them. Not football, not pizza, not a new bedroom. That is, until she meets ...Show more
Cookie by Jacqueline Wilson
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction | Reading Level: very good
"Beauty Cookson is no beauty. She s a plain, timid girl surrounded by super-confident, snooty girls at school. Worse than the teasing in the playground, though, is the unpredictable criticism from her father. Frequently berated for breaking any of Dad s hyper-fussy house rules, as well as for her lack o ...Show more
The Bear Under the Stairs by Helen Cooper
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
William is scared of the place under the stairs. He is absolutely sure there's a great big and probably hungry grizzly bear lurking there. He is utterly convinced that the bear will gobble him up if he doesn't feed it, so every day he carefully opens the door, throws in some food and slams it shut quick ...Show more
George's Secret Key to the Universe by Stephen Hawking, Lucy Hawking
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction | Series: George's Secret Key to the Universe | Reading Level: good
George's pet pig breaks through the fence into the garden next door - introducing him to his new neighbours- the scientist, Eric, his daughter, Annie, and a super-intelligent computer called Cosmos. And from that moment George's life will never be the same again, for Cosmos can open a portal to any poin ...Show more