Pranksters and best mates George and Harold have on ongoing feud with their School Principal Mr Krupp. He has confiscated many of the friend’s prank items over the years and ...
Cedric the Dragon loves his place in the Auckland Zoo (NZ), where children can climb all over him. One day he meets a girl called Tig who tells Cedric he ...
What is The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest about? A very special fox named Clare, lives in Deadwood Forest. He is an Undead Usher, or spirit guide – sending lost ...
What is Day of Now about? Siblings Dayna and Pax are trying to survive in a dystopian world on their own after their father falls ill. The biggest threat to ...
What is X Marks the Haunt about? A group of tweens discover a spooky mystery inside the Graceland Graveyard, and must solve it to save the treasured historic trees and ...
What is Counting Down with Theodore Brown about? Theo has an ability to see how long a person will remain in his life by a number he sees when he ...
What is Piper at the Gates of Dusk about? We return to the world of the Chaos Walking series, 20 years after the ending of Monsters of Men. The main ...
What is The Vampire of Whitby about? Something evil has been released in Whitby. Every time a strange fog rolls across the seaside town, people go missing. Ghosthunters Tom, Eve ...
What is Dog Gone Crazy about? Grandad has been tinkling with his inventions again. This time he has made an invisibility collar that he tries on his dog DaVinci. The ...
What is Finn’s Epic Fails about? This funny, middle grade novel follows the life of 11 year old Finn Hope in his first year at High School. He shares all ...
A dog stares at his favourite red rubber ball. It’s not doing what it should be doing. It’s just lying there… broken. It looks perfectly rounds and rolls perfectly fine ...
What is Kiwi Health Heroes about? This inspirational book highlights dozens of kiwis (individuals) or NZ organisations that have made significant changes to NZ Health systems. These kiwis aren’t all ...
10 year olds, Aitch, Mo and Ally are best mates. Besides being very different from one another, they get on great. Ally loves reading, with her nose almost always stuck ...
Myra’s home is about to get busier and noisier. Her mum and dad have gone to the hospital to have their new baby. Myra and her big sister are excited ...
A family picnic in the New Zealand bush becomes an adventure for two small dogs called Maddi and Borrie. Being in the bush with their family is exciting for the ...
Herman loves his Uncle Charlie coming to visit. He was once in the Mounties and has exciting stories to share. Uncle Charlie lives on his yacht The Seeker, and knows ...
Juniper has survived the tower challenge the vengeful Arcanists threw at her. People of the Dregs are cheering her name, amazed that one of their own has her own magic ...
Juni is alone. Far from her family, Juni has fled Arkspire after her battle with the Arcanist Enigma. She’s been in the harsh Badlands outside Arkspire, trying to survive on ...
Long ago, Kupe and his people lived on an island in the middle of Te Moana-nui-a-kiwa (Pacific Ocean). All were happy with plenty to eat from plentiful fish stocks in ...
Jack loves to ask questions. He loves learning about the world, and is good at answering questions too, as he is always collecting fascinating facts. His mum and dad get ...
Lucia isn’t sure what to expect when her mother tells her they will be spending the summer in Nantucket at her new boyfriend’s house. Todd is a wealthy real estate ...
Dusty wants blood. She is reeling with this realisation. Until a few days ago, all she wanted to do was find a quiet spot in her home and get lost ...
Kiwi wishes he was in his burrow, with its smells of the bush, worms and dirt. He doesn’t like the dark box he’s in with its old straw, or the ...
Evan has a lot going on in his life. Moving from London has been a big change, but his mum brought Evan and his big brother Charlie to Wales, claiming ...
Roslyn Volk had a tumultuous relationship with her sister Adeline. She revered and hated her in equal measure. Adeline was always volatile, always upset about something and causing trouble in ...
Annaleigh once had 11 sisters. Now there are only 8. Four of her sisters have had untimely deaths, and each time it was thought to be a terrible tragedy or bad ...
Verity Thaumas is now 17 with no memory of the terrible night when a fire swept through their grand Highmoor home of generations, when she was only 5. She also ...
Murray and Bun live with a terrible wizard. He’s not a horrible person, just really really rubbish at spells and stuff. One good thing from his mistakes is Murray’s best ...
Ruby has always felt that she lives under the shadow of her perfect cousin. Yasmin has always been their gran’s favourite and is constantly upstaging Ruby in everything. Yasmin has ...