Spark Hunter Book Review Cover

Nissa loves the NZ bush and considering she isn’t quite 13, has spent a lot of time in it. Her dad and brother love to hunt deer, both proud of ...


Batpig - When Pigs Fly Book Review Cover

Batpig – Space Farce Gary Yorkshire loves great-tasting sandwiches, mud baths, video games and hanging out with his friends, Brooklyn the Bat and Carl the Fish. One day after playing ...


BatPig Too Pig to Fail Book Review Cover

The Class that Wouldn’t End Maths class is no fun for Gary Pig or Carl Fishington. Only their friend Brooklyn Bat seems to relish the thought of a whole hour ...


Queen of Muck Book Review Cover

Lily and Lucy live with their Grandad. At only six and nine and three quarters old, they are very worried when they discover their fun, loving, clever inventor Grandad, missing! ...


A Place I Truly Belong Book Review Cover

Larry wasn’t left behind on purpose, but somehow he’d been dropped at the zoo. The giraffe keeper picked him up and put him in his own special place just inside ...


The King's Medal Book Review Cover

Manu is in awe when his Poppa shows him a medal. He wants to know what it is, and why he has it? Especially when Poppa tells him a King ...


The Rhyming Pirate Book Review Cover

What do you get when you cross Kiwiana with a Pirate – this book, The Rhyming Pirate! This Pirate loves playing with words, making everything rhyme if he can. He’s ...


ATUA: Māori Gods and Heroes Book Review Cover

ATUA: Māori Gods and Heroes, begins with nothing. Then comes darkness, a pale smudge of light and then Ranginui e tū nei (a great sky father) unfurls. Below him Papatūānuku ...


What Colour is the Sky? Book Review Cover

The Sun is just waking up, its rays of light stretching across the sky. A lone Pīhoihoi balances on a thistle flower marveling at the sky’s colours. What Colour is ...


How I Became a Dog called Midnight Book Review Cover

George’s dad is the manager of a large English estate. Both George and Dad like the owner (Lady Jane) and her daughter Coco, even considering them friends. When Lady Jane ...


Cinderella is Dead Book Review Cover

Sophia lives with her parents in the town called Lille, ruled over by a king. This is no king of the people. He is a tyrant, inflicting harsh rules on ...


Daughter of the Deep Book Review Cover

‘This isn’t fair!’ 14 year old Ana Dakkar has been screaming this internally ever since her parents died two years before. Now she has lost even more loved ones and ...


There's a Ghost in this House Book Review Cover

Do you believe in ghosts? A little girl invites you into her home. It is a large 18th century house and she begins to show you around, wondering out loud ...


Diary of a Wimpy Kid (16) Big Shot Book Review Cover

Greg is terrible at sports. He’s known this for a long time, no matter how much his mum has told him it’s about trying and trying again, until he finds ...


Ghosts Book Review Cover

Catrina isn’t impressed with the move to a foggy town in Northern California. Her parents say the reason is for Dad’s new job, but Cat knows the cool, salty air ...


Witches of Brooklyn Book Review Cover

Effie isn’t happy being delivered to a stranger’s home in the middle of the night. The stranger isn’t very happy either, suddenly becoming a guardian of her 11 year old ...


The Beast and the Bethany Book review Cover

Ebenezer Tweezer is 511 years old and wrinkle free. He also has the energy of a teenager, a sharp mind and is incredibly rich. Are you wondering how? When Ebenezer ...


The Ghost Garden Book Review Cover

Fran is perfectly happy in her own company. She doesn’t miss not having any siblings especially when she hears the Walker grandchildren in the garden that her father tends. Usually ...


Young Bond (1) Silverfin

Bond. James Bond. Did you ever wonder how James became a super Scottish spy? James has just begun school at the prestigious boy’s school Eton College. He is used to ...


Young Bond (2) Blood Fever Book Review Cover

To keep things interesting at Eton, 13 yr old James Bond has joined the Danger Society. Against the rules and with a tough joining policy, James relishes the excitement of ...


Enough Book Review Cover

In Hana’s house some things are a bit tight. They have snacks, but not really enough to go round. They have toys but they are broken. They have clothing but ...


The Dinos on the Bus Book Review Cover

Little Dinos are going on a class trip in a bus. They are SOOO excited. They bounce onto the bus… The Dinos on the bus go Roar, Roar, Roar! The ...


Young Bond (3) Double or Die Book Review Cover

After an exciting but incredibly dangerous summer in Italy, James Bond is back at Eton and under strict instructions to NOT look for trouble. As always, trouble finds him. His ...


The Essential Fairy Book Review Cover

Families are in lockdown in New Zealand because of the Covid 19 virus. Ruth is sitting on the couch wiggling her loose front tooth while Mum and Dad watch Jacinda ...


Dawn Raid Book Review Cover

New Zealand – 1970’s. Sofia is turning 13 and excited to become a teenager. Her plans to visit the brand new, first ever McDonalds Burger Restaurant in New Zealand are wrecked ...


Treasure in the Lake Book Review Cover

Iris is always keen for adventure. Her small town of Bugden just isn’t as big, or exciting enough to keep her there, now she is going to High School next ...