Vega Jane, her gentle giant best friend Delph, newcomer Petra Sonnett, and loyal dog Harry Two have made it across .....
Jeska is eleven, still likes to play with a small doll that fits in her pocket, and loves to daydream. .....
Aduago (Addy) is wary when in new spaces. In fact, she’s wary all the time. Now, far from home inside .....
Unlike her brothers, Tom (10) and Richard (15), 12 year old Orla Perry is looking forward to their holiday on .....
It’s 1939 and Kristina and her twin brother Leopold have just completed their basic pilot training only 3 months shy .....
Sasha hasn’t spoken. Not since he’s been at the hospital. No one knows why, not even Sasha, but he does .....
Something is not right in the small town of Roaring Creek. Vera Martinez has lived there all her life and .....
ATUA: Māori Gods and Heroes, begins with nothing. Then comes darkness, a pale smudge of light and then Ranginui e .....
Twelve wields her twin war axes as if they are part of her. Her training while at a Hunting Lodge .....
‘This isn’t fair!’ 14 year old Ana Dakkar has been screaming this internally ever since her parents died two years .....
Bond. James Bond. Did you ever wonder how James became a super Scottish spy? James has just begun school at .....
To keep things interesting at Eton, 13 yr old James Bond has joined the Danger Society. Against the rules and .....
Amy has another new placement. Ever since her Nan died when Amy was six years old, she has been in .....
Peter has tried to keep busy since the day he left Pax behind. It’s been a year, and a difficult .....
April is excited to be going on an adventure with her Dad to the Arctic Circle. Well, he’s actually going .....
War is approaching as Hitler flexes his might and invades Poland. England is preparing for war even before it happens, .....
Matilda (Tilly) is the other sister. Her elder sister Beatty was the 1st telegram girl in their town during WWI .....
Adam knows what he saw. It stood in the middle of the road, and his dad swerved to avoid it. .....
Kae and Tui are fourteen, polar opposites and twins. They have a love-hate relationship. Kae hates the way Tui is .....
Wrench is still reeling from her battle with Plum and an Old God keen to rip their world apart. Her .....
Finn McAllister wasn’t trying to do a fancy stunt on his bike before he died. A malicious black van chased .....
Will looks up to his older brother Shawn. He jibes Will and his friends, but that’s ok. Shawn has been .....
Evie has always been a bookworm, her favourites being love stories that sweep the characters off their feet. Now, the only .....
“So, here’s the thing I’m dying.” Anahita Rosalind Ghorban-Galaszczuk, or Ana for short, has been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. According .....
Amberside is a small town with not much fame to claim. At least before that night anyway. Each year a .....
Billy has had enough. His father is too used to his beer and swinging his fists, so Billy decides now .....
That’s all Em (Emilia) wants to do – remember her dad. She doesn’t want to think about her mum’s breakdown, .....
Sixteen short stories by New Zealand authors. Some are talented emerging writers, while some are from our rich literary past. .....