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2001 – Jack and his mate Eddie are setting out on an adventure. After Jack’s dad dropped them and their .....
Matthew can’t believe his mum at first when she tells them they have to leave their home. With his father .....
It was the stranger that started everything. Pearl didn’t like the look of him, or the fact that he wanted .....
At only four years old Peter Lantos could feel something changing in his life in Hungary. It’s 1944, and most .....
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Anahera is about to go on a very special journey. It begins with a song of farewell from her mokopuna, .....
Imagine a world made up of four separate realms. A Coastal Realm where art, singing, writing and imagination are celebrated .....
Twins Alex and Emily are facing their worst nightmare. Their father has been diagnosed with a brain tumour. His best .....
It’s finally over. Zofia Lederman has survived the soldiers, the ghetto, the trains and the concentration camps. She has survived .....
Claire is looking forward to the weekend. She and her boyfriend are going to join her best friends Kat and .....
Meixing (Mayzing) Lim and her parents have moved to a new home in Australia. They were invited by Ma Ma’s .....
Zofia used to love playing a funny game with her Mama, Tata and Aunt Barbara. It was called Make a .....
Valentino can’t believe he’s finally made it. The Big Apple. His dream city. New York! The only thing that would .....
Atarangi‘s 12th birthday was only two weeks ago, and also her first day in Gabriel’s Gully. She’s come with her .....
Beginning with a powerful foreword by the master of middle-grade novels about war – Michael Morpurgo, we are soon with .....
Bug loves her big drafty house in Vermont where the doors creak shut on their own, a window might close .....
Damsa looks around a strange gated compound, not sure what to think. She has been on the streets for the .....
Konrad loved their family bookshop A Likely Story, where his father would share stories and fill customer’s hearts with wonder .....
Hex (Hector), doesn’t know why he does the stupid things he does. They just happen – without thought or planning. .....
Lily has a super power – invisibility. At least that’s how she’s always felt. Her big sister Sam teases her .....
Maybelline Chen loves her big brother Danny. He’s always been at her side, from when she was just a bump .....
Kellen and Nettle are only fifteen years old – practically only children, living in a country called Raddith. It is .....
Henry needs a gun. After all, he’s fifteen now and the man of the house now his father’s gone. Besides, .....
Finn is used to being alone. A virus has swept through humanity taking first his father, then his mother leaving .....
