First Girl by Gloria Whelan
16.99 NZD
17.99 (5% off)
Category: Young Adult Fiction
When another girl is born to Chu Ju's mother, it is quickly determined that the baby must be sent away. Chinese law states that a family may have only two children, and tradition dictates that every family should have a boy. Fourteen-year-old Chu Ju knows she cannot allow her sister to be sent to an orp ...Show more
Shine on Butterfinger by Bob Cattell
14.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Calypso and cricket come together in the Island's Carnival week and Riccardo Small is torn between his two loves. He has been chosen to sing in the Calypso Monarch Final, competing with the best singers on the Island. But his team mates at Calypso Cricket Club are playing the most important game in thei ...Show more
Ghostscape by Joe Layburn
14.99 NZD
17.00 (11% off)
Category: Young Adult Fiction
When Aisha meets a pale, skinny boy called Richard in the girl's toilets, she is as surprised to meet a 1940s boy as he is to see a Somali girl. Aisha finds herself transportd back to the time of the Blitz, when her school was a santuary for East Enders fleeing the bombing. But Richard is more than just ...Show more
Sniper by James Riordan
19.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Stalingrad snipers were a legend in their time. Their patience, keen eyes and ruthlessness helped win the Battle of Stalingrad and turn the tide of the Second World War. This is the true story of a teenage sniper recruited in 1942 by Vasily Zaitsev to seek out and shoot German officers. To begin with, t ...Show more
Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy
16.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
In 1939, the Germans invaded the town of Lodz, Poland, and moved the Jewish population into a small part of the city called a ghetto. As the war progressed, 270,000 people were forced to settle in the ghetto under impossible conditions. At the end of the war, there were 800 survivors. Of those who survi ...Show more
Under the Weather: Stories About Climate Change by Bradman, Tony
29.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
From the effects of rising sea levels to changes in animal behaviour and human lifestyles, these powerful stories portray the issues surrounding climate change in personal terms and so bring them vividly to life. Offering warnings and inspiration in equal measure, the stories cover a wide range of local ...Show more
Journey of Dreams by Marge Pellegrino
17.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
This is the story of how one family survives the Guatemalan army's 'scorched earth' campaign in the 1980s and how, in the midst of tragedy, suspicion and fear, their resilient love and loyalty - and Papa's storytelling - keeps them going. On their harrowing journey as refugees to the United States, the ...Show more
Esty's Gold by Mary Arrigan; Quarto Generic Staff
19.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Esty Maher's family is uprooted and torn apart during the Irish potato famine - 'the Hunger'. Esty is sent into service, but dreams of going to Australia to find gold, and manages to get assisted passage for her family and friends. However, when they reach Ballarat, her dream and hard work nearly turn ...Show more
Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan
16.99 NZD
19.00 (10% off)
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Koly's parents have arranged a marriage for their only daughter and now, like many girls her age in India, she will leave her home forever. She longs to run away, but she knows that she cannot go against tradition. On her wedding day, Koly's fate is sealed. Caught up in a series of events that threaten ...Show more
"Doctor Who": Companions and Allies by Steve Tribe
26.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: "Dr Who"
The Doctor has been travelling through space and time for centuries, showing his friends and companions the wonders of the universe. From Sarah Jane Smith and the Brigadier to Martha Jones and Donna Noble, "Companions and Allies" celebrates the friends that have been by his side and the heroes that have ...Show more
Clarice Bean, Don't Look Now by Lauren Child
26.99 NZD
34.99 (22% off)
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Clarice Bean Ser.
There seems to be an awful lot in Clarice's life to worry about and when she finds herself unable to sleep at night, she follows Ruby Redfort's advice and devises a Worst Worries list. But Clarice soon realises that your worst worry is the worry you haven't even thought to worry about. And, as Clarice's ...Show more
Down to the Wire by Bernard Ashley
19.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Not long out of the woods from rescuing the home secretary's daughter from kidnappers, Ben Maddox is on his way to the Ivory Coast to report on a fragile political situation and break-out by a separatist group. Whilst there, he stumbles across another human interest story in the proposed signing of a yo ...Show more