The Benefits of being an Octopus Book Review Cover

Zoey hasn’t done her homework again. It’s not like she has time for that after school. Not after collecting her baby brother from her mother’s work, then meeting her younger ...


In or Out Book Review Cover

The rivalry between cats and dogs stretches back into forever, and it doesn’t seem to be waning any time soon. And even though dogs have evolved into large and small, the ...


Zola the Roller Book Review Cover

11 year old Zola lives with her young friends Handsome Charlie and Mary at the St Alice Home for orphans. Handsome Charlie really isn’t, after he lost his false teeth ...


Four teenage boys: Ant – has lots of questions he wants answers to. What is virginity and when do you lose it? Is it only when you’ve been with a ...


Farewell, Anahera Book Review Cover

Anahera is about to go on a very special journey. It begins with a song of farewell from her mokopuna, children, cousins and whānau. They have gathered to say farewell ...


The Electric Kingdom Book Review Cover

The year is 2043, and the world as we know it is gone. We no longer rule the world. That honour now belongs to a fly/bee mutant that originated from ...


The Light in Everything Book Review Cover

Zofia loves her life in her small coastal town with her Dad. It has been just her and her father since she was a baby, after losing her mum. They ...


Odder Book Review Cover

Odder is a sea otter. Ever since she was very small she has been different. As she grows she ignores her mother’s warnings as she always wants to play, dive, ...


The Singing Stone Book Review Cover

The only thing 14 yr old Miles is interested in when he moves with his family to Coromandel (NZ) is the land around their new home. But this new home ...


Wilder Book Review Cover

There was once a town alongside a river. It was a prosperous trading town and its people were content. At least until something ‘ate’ its river. A marsh grew out ...


The Bad Seed Book Review Cover

The Bad Seed revels in being bad. He likes other seeds being scared of him. He likes pushing in on lines, frightening babies, turning up late to everything and never ...


The Memory Thief Book review Cover

Imagine a world made up of four separate realms. A Coastal Realm where art, singing, writing and imagination are celebrated and taught. A Woodland Realm where Science, Maths and History ...


Two Can Play That Game Book Review Cover

Sam Khoo has a plan. She worked hard on it all through high school, turning down party invites and the fun of hanging out with friends. But her best friend ...


Tumbleglass Book Review Cover

Rowan is helping her older sister paint her room. After moving Ash’s furniture to reach a wall, Rowan finds a beautiful blue ring that suddenly transports them back in time. ...


The Lorikeet Tree Book Review Cover

Twins Alex and Emily are facing their worst nightmare. Their father has been diagnosed with a brain tumour. His best friend Jack Price is a doctor and is the one ...


The Good Egg Book Review Cover

The narrator of this story is a Good Egg. What does that mean? A Good Egg is someone who likes doing things for other people, like carrying groceries, doing jobs ...


Mama's Chickens Book Review Cover

Mama is not happy about the idea of adopting some chickens. They poo everywhere, and she doesn’t even like eggs. But her family convince her, and soon she realises that ...


Oxygen Mask Book Review Cover

An image of the outside of a screen door is the first page of this graphic novel. It is not like any graphic novel I have seen before. As readers ...


The Horror of Dunwick Farm Book Review Cover

What’s going on in Crooked Oak? First it was a small plane crash. Then black SUV’s are everywhere, blocking roads and some say, even phone signals. Pete, Krish and Nancy ...


The Midnight Girls Book Review Cover

Once upon a time there were three witches…. These witches are sisters. White Yaga, Red Yaga and Black Yaga. Each witch is immensely powerful and in competition with one another ...


They Went Left Book Review Cover

It’s finally over. Zofia Lederman has survived the soldiers, the ghetto, the trains and the concentration camps. She has survived the cold, the work, the starvation and the hate. Now ...


Gender Swapped Greek Myths Book Review Cover

These stories thousands of years old have stood the test of time, and with their age old themes of loss, love and sacrifice, still impact our lives and new stories ...


Two degrees Book Review Cover

The Sierra Nevada, California – Akira – It’s a beautiful day, and Akira is doing her most favourite thing in the world, riding her horse Dodger in the mountains around her ...


The Sad Banana Book Review Cover

Bowie is sad. All the other bananas in the bowl are happy and good at something, making Bowie feel even worse. Bowie’s mum decides she is going to help Bowie ...


The Lonely Lemon Book Review Cover

Lulu the Lemon doesn’t want to get up today. It’s raining, and she just can’t face school and other people right now. Luckily she has a teacher who is keen ...


Easy Peasy Book review Cover

Ruby is excited when she receives her birthday present. When she shakes the box she can’t guess what might be inside. Finally ripping the paper from the gift she discovers ...


Super Ghost Book Review Cover

For the past twenty years Captain Chaos has been attacking Paragon City. Luckily this city has its own ‘in house’ super hero – Dr Extraordinary to come to its rescue. ...