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Below by David Hill
$22.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
A nerve-wracking underground adventure from a master storyteller . . . Caught in a tunnel collapse, Liam and Imogen have to use all their wits to survive in this gripping novel for readers eight years and up. When you stood deep inside the tunnel, you could hear the mountain groaning overhead. That's ...Show more
Bodies and Soul by David Hill
$17.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
Skin Stealers! Global are taking skin from hospital patients to make new faces for rich uppers. Don't let them take you! By 2025 machines and computers have replaced many working humans. Without jobs, people have drifted from country to country. Then Government money for the unemployed dries up and scho ...Show more
Brave Company by David Hill
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction
Boy Seaman Russell Purchas is stationed on HMNZS Taupo. It's 1952, and the frigate has just entered hostile waters off the coast of Korea. Russell is determined to prove he is a hero, to shake off the shadow of his spineless uncle who died in the Second World War. Russell doesn't have to wait long to be ...Show more
Coastwatcher by David Hill
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ historical fiction
No training could have prepared Frank for a dangerous coastwatching mission against the Japanese in this tense, exciting war adventure inspired by the coastwatchers of Operation Pacific, from award-winning author David Hill. 'It's not going to be a cushy job, young Benson. You're on your own. Japs will ...Show more
Dinosaur Hunter: Joan Wiffen's Awesome Fossil Discoveries by David Hill; Phoebe Morris
$25.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-Fiction | Series: David Hill's Kiwi Legends
The remarkable true story of science superstar Joan Wiffen, whose fossil discoveries proved that dinosaurs lived in ancient New Zealand. Once there was a clever girl who liked searching for interesting things on the ground. She wanted to know why shells could be found in rocks so far away from the sea. ...Show more
Duet by David Hill
$17.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction | Reading Level: Very Good
This novel tackles the topic of teenage sex. Kallum plays Blues guitar and thinks classical music is for losers. But when his mate Saul asks him to play a duet for the youth orchestra he agrees to give it a go. Soon he finds himself enjoying the challenging music and the company of his duet partner, the ...Show more
Enemy Camp by David Hill
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction
'We knew straightaway that something was happening. Extra men in khaki uniforms stood at the main gates. Behind the wire, figures in blue sat on the ground. None of the usual moving around, washing up, wrestling, anything like that. Just rows of prisoners, sitting silently.' It's 1942, and the tiny farm ...Show more
Finding by David Hill
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction
Follow the fortunes of two families - their triumphs and disasters, losses and discoveries - in this enthralling novel by a bestselling author.A family boards a ship bound for New Zealand. What will they find there? Tests lie ahead - war, earthquakes, protest marches, brushes with death. And so do some ...Show more
First to the Top: Sir Edmund Hillary's Amazing Everest Adventure by David Hill; Phoebe Morris
$25.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-Fiction | Series: David Hill's Kiwi Legends
Up on the world's highest mountain, the sky is tinged the black color of space and the air is almost too thin to breathe. How did Ed, a small, shy boy from a tiny New Zealand town, grow up to become the world's most famous mountaineer and adventurer? How did he climb Everest and do many other astonishin ...Show more
Flight Path by David Hill
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction | Reading Level: very good
Dogfights, bombing missions, explosions, a touch of romance and capture - a pacey, suspense-filled novel for young adults.A gripping novel for young adults that captures both the daring and the everyday realities of serving in the Air Force during the Second World War.Pete and Paul yelled together. 'Ban ...Show more
Hero of the Sea: Sir Peter Blake's Mighty Ocean Quests by David Hill; Phoebe Morris
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction | Series: David Hill's Kiwi Legends
A stunning biographical picture book for young readers about Sir Peter Blake, world-renowned New Zealand yachtsman, adventurer and environmentalist.'Remember,' he wrote, 'this is the most beautiful world, and it's the only one we've got.'Sir Peter Blake's life was filled with amazing adventures. During ...Show more
Hill Sides by David Hill
$31.00 NZD
Category: NZ fiction
A collection of David Hill's adult short stories and articles with an introduction by Elizabeth Smither.There's something for everyone, from the poignant to the laugh-out-loud.