It is said that if you’re struck by lighting there is no way to survive nature’s electricity, but 12 yr .....
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 .....
Eight year old Hōhepa is singing at the top of his lungs. “He hōnore, he korōria!” He is on his .....
The Takahe is a large flightless native bird of New Zealand. It can be up to 3kg in weight and .....
Billy, Alan, Joe and Tom have been best mates for years. Everyone knows Billy will do pretty much anything he .....
Andrew Burt is ready for an adventure. He’s 14 and he’s been chosen to assist Mr Richard Henry who has .....
At only 5, Maisie hadn’t heard the word prodigy before. But that’s what her dad called her – an art .....
Lucy lives in a beautiful house. She has maids to help her dress, a boy to clean their shoes, a .....
A soldier stands in all weathers. He’s been there for years and will be there for many more, looking down .....
Yossi, Leo and Mordecai are 3 of 300 children flying into England from Europe. All 300 are survivors from the .....
Bonnie Willoughby is excited and dismayed in equal measure. She is excited because her cousin Sylvia is leaving London to .....
Many years ago, before any pakeha had stepped onto Aotearoa shores, there lived a woman called Kahurangi. She was a .....
Once upon a time there was a kingdom called Cornucopia. It’s a happy place, ruled over by a vain and .....
Now that Susan is 18, she is determined to move to London to find her father. Over the years her .....
A few months have passed since Susan’s search for her father revealed another world that lives alongside our own. With .....
Liesl Wolf never imagined she would ever be left alone with her little brother Otto and toddler sister Mia, with .....
When Mary’s mum died in their elegant home in India, Mary was quickly back to England. Now she was to .....
India Opal is ten years old. She misses her mother even though she can’t remember her leaving, as she was .....
Charlie knows the forest behind his house as well as his own reflection. He and his friends, Beaky and Lamont, .....
It’s 1938. Joseph St George is half kiwi, half English and living in Germany. Life has been good with his .....
A collie dog named Friday creeps through the night with her master. They have 1000 sheep in their sights, and .....
Elsie loves to sit and fish off the Lyttleton jetty, her feet dangling high above the tide. Mr James is .....
Wrench is still reeling from her battle with Plum and an Old God keen to rip their world apart. Her .....
It’s a cold, frosty night when five children aged twelvish, flee an orphanage – the only home they’ve ever known. .....
Winifred (or Fred or Freddo or Winnie) enjoys school, especially her teacher Mr Khouri and the way he explains things .....
A chance of a lifetime has just appeared for 13 yr old orphan Almanac. He has received an invitation from .....
Frankie Fish shakes his head at finding himself sitting at a car race next to his 85 yr old Grandad, .....
Hal (Harrison) isn’t happy at being sent off to spend time with his uncle when his baby sister is due. .....