Jamie Book Review Cover

Jamie knows they are lucky to have two best friends. Daisy is bossy, but a brilliant organiser and Ash is quiet but extremely loyal. These three do everything together and ...


Escape from East Berlin Book Review Cover

1961 – Two teenage boys are excited. They creep through the night after conjuring a plan to see two girls. This plan however is playing out in East Germany where ...


Violet's Scarf Book Review Cover

Violet is excited at the upcoming visit of the Red Cross to her school. She listens carefully to the lady, learning about what the Red Cross is doing for NZ ...


The Bad Smell Hotel Book Review Cover

Thirty years into our future, life is very different in Auckwell. Robots do everything for humans, from cooking and cleaning to developing personal AI’s to keep them company. Technology allows ...


Iris and Me Book review Cover

Iris Wilkinson was also an avid writer named Robin Hyde. She was adventurous and stubborn, brave and just a little bit crazy. Her poetry won her acclaim at high school ...


Between the Flags Book Review Cover

Mandy Malham wants to win. Ever since she and her family moved to New Zealand from the UK, Mandy has never fitted in. All through primary she was on the ...


The Monkey Who Fell From The Future Book Review Cover

It is the year 2425. All digital technology is gone, and humankind is now only in the millions rather than billions. They weren’t wiped out by the rock that hit ...


Attack of the Underwear Dragon Book Review Cover

Cole has a dream. More than anything, he wants to be a knight like his hero Sir Percival who is a knight of Camelot’s Round Table. So Cole decides to ...


Below Book Review Cover

Liam is proud of the amazing work his engineer dad does. His latest project is a new railway tunnel being dug through a local mountain. The equipment and process is ...


The Glow Book Review Cover

Megan is an exceptional artist. All she wants to do is draw, causing consternation at home and school as she is too focused on her fantastical creatures to listen when ...


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 ...