Hundreds of thousands of animals were part of WWI and WWII. Horses, dogs, cats, monkeys, a tortoise, donkeys and pigeons all helped with the war effort, either with carrying goods ...
Anders is now with his sister Rayna at Drekhelm, her new home among the dragons he always thought were the enemy. He and his friend Lisabet from his home city ...
Ice wolf Anders, Dragon and sister Rayna, and a mix of both dragon and human friends have fled from the battle at Holbard between the three factions. Instead of preventing ...
Alice and her mum have always been on the move. Bad luck seems to plague them wherever they try to settle, and it’s only now that Alice is 17 that ...
When brother and sister Matthew and Marilla decide to take in an orphan boy to help on their farm, little did they realise their world would be tipped upside down ...
Nelson Kane lives in a junkyard with his mum, weird inventor grandma and cousin Kenny. When he wakes on his 10th birthday, he has no idea his whole world is ...
Jonah has a lot of responsibility on his shoulders at home and is bullied at school. This school used to be The Foundling Hospital – a place children were taken ...
Would you want to live forever? Alfie is 11 years old and has been 11 for 1000 years. He lives with his mum who is also a ‘Neverdead’ and they ...
Nell and her best friend Freddie are The Invincibles – not scared of anything, and keen to try everything. When Nell’s big brother Lucas plans to camp out in the ...
Jojo is 13 and lives with his grandparents, his drug addicted mother and his toddler sister, Kayla. Jojo’s father Michael is in prison for ‘cooking’ drug offences, so as Jojo’s ...
When Will’s big brother Shawn is gunned down in front of him, Will remembers what Shawn has taught him. No crying. No Snitching. Get Revenge. Will knows he has to ...
Archie Costello is an enigmatic, handsome, popular senior at Trinity College, a private Catholic Boys School. He is also cunning, devious, narcissistic and the leader of a group of boys ...
A ship sinks on the first page of this story, with only 5 boxes escaping the depths of the ocean. Four of them are dashed against rocks of an island, ...
The Wild Robot’s story continues in this sequel. Ros wakes up to find herself on a farm. She has been reprogrammed to do farm work, and acting like an assistant ...
Roz the robot is happy back in her island home, especially when her gosling son, Brightbill returns with his flock after the Winter. He has some important news to share. ...
The Cat with the Coloured Tail is no ordinary cat. Not only does its tail change colour, it guides his friend Mr Hooper and his moon-cream van, seeking out unhappy ...
From before the age of dinosaurs to present day, this large scale sumptuous book tells the story of our country: – Our Discoverers, our Names, Maori, Pakeha, Treaty, Wars, Transport, ...
Evie has had a lot on her plate. Her father has passed away, her OCD is taking over, and the Kaikoura earthquake has left her mum being helicoptered to Christchurch. ...
Arthur lives a troubled life in an Orphanage called ‘The Home for Wayward and Misbegotten Creatures.’ These creatures are groundlings (mixed-up animals) like Arthur (a foxling who walks on two ...
The pictures and antics of these characters had me laughing out loud. Mission Unpluckable – I enjoyed this episode of this series even more than the 1st. Wolf is still ...
Jack, Tim, Ella, Harry, Gemma, Louie, Lucy and Terri live on Tui Street. Here are 7 separate tales of their daily lives of school, family and friends, but all with ...
Fred, Con, Lila and her 5 yr old brother Max are all in a small plane together when the pilot has a heart attack and dies. They crash into the ...
When their Aunt Nasty writes to say she is going to visit, Toby and Claire’s family try to find an excuse to stop her. But she’s a witch, and Mum ...
This book is in effect written backwards. I loved the way this story was structured with the main character Jule living a charmed life of luxury, and then the further ...