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Battle of Britain: A Second World War Spitfire Pilot 1939-1941 (My Story) by Chris Priestley
18.00 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: My Story
It's 1939 and Harry Woods is a spitfire pilot in the RAF. When his friend Lenny loses his leg in a dogfight with the Luftwaffe, Harry is determined to fight on. That is, until his plane is hit and he finds himself tumbling through the air high above the English Channel...
Battle of Hastings: Double Take by Chris Priestley
13.95 NZD
Category: Children Non Fiction | Series: Double Take S. | Reading Level: From 10 To 12
Taking a look at history from a dual perspective, this book tells the story of Harold Godwinson and William, Duke of Normandy. When Edward the Confessor dies without leaving an heir to the throne, the two men fight for the crown the only way they know how.
Death and the Arrow (Tom Marlowe Adventure #1) by Chris Priestley
16.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Reading Level: From 9 To 11
Fifteen-year-old Tom helps his father run a print shop in London. When he and old Dr Harker hear of a curious murder in the City, with the victim pierced by an arrow and holding a card of 'Death and the Arrow', they are intrigued. And as more victims are discovered, the mystery closes more tightly.
Mister Creecher by Chris Priestley
19.99 NZD
Category: Fantasy | Reading Level: Teen - Grade 7-9, Age 12-14
Billy is a street urchin, pickpocket and petty thief. Mister Creecher is a monstrous giant of a man who terrifies all he meets. Their relationship begins as pure convenience. But a bond swiftly develops between these two misfits as their bloody journey takes them ever northwards on the trail of their ta ...Show more
New World by Chris Priestley
19.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
The year is 1584 and sixteen-year-old Kit is living by his wits as a thief on the streets of Elizabethan London - a far-cry from his early childhood, when he lived a privileged life with his rich Catholic parents, who died when he was very small. The memory of his parents haunts Kit: his father was exec ...Show more
Redwulf's Curse by Chris Priestley
19.99 NZD
Category: Children's Poetry
Tom and Dr Harker are back and this time their adventure takes them outside London. They visit a friend in Norfolk, Mr Gibbs, who has recently unearthed fabulous Anglo-Saxon treasures from an archaeological excavation. They are believed to have belonged to the East Anglian king, Redwulf. Local legend te ...Show more
Tales of Terror from the Black Ship by Chris Priestley
19.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Tales of Terror | Reading Level: From
At the Old Inn, which clings precariously to a cliff top above a storm-lashed ocean, two sick children are left alone while their father fetches the doctor. Then a visitor comes begging for shelter, and so begins a long night of storytelling, in which young Ethan and Cathy, who have an unnatural appetit ...Show more
Tales of Terror from the Black Ship by Chris Priestley
21.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Tales of Terror | Reading Level: From 12
At the Old Inn, which clings precariously to a cliff top above a storm-lashed ocean, two sick children are left alone while their father fetches the doctor. Then a visitor comes begging for shelter, and so begins a long night of storytelling, in which young Ethan and Cathy, who have an unnatural appetit ...Show more
Tales of Terror from the Black Ship by Chris Priestley; David A. Roberts (Illustrator)
16.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Tales of Terror Ser.
A follow up to Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror, this is another creepy middle grade story collection with a chilling frame. This time, the stories are all tales of the sea: pirates and plagues and storms a plenty...
Tales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth by Chris Priestley
21.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Tales of Terror | Reading Level: From 12
A boy is put on a train by his stepmother to make his first journey on his own. But soon that journey turns out to be more of a challenge than anyone could have imagined as the train stalls at the mouth of a tunnel and a mysterious woman in white helps the boy while away the hours by telling him stories ...Show more
Tales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth by Chris Priestley
21.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Tales of Terror | Reading Level: From 12
A boy is put on a train by his stepmother to make his first journey on his own. But soon that journey turns out to be more of a challenge than anyone could have imagined as the train stalls at the mouth of a tunnel and a mysterious woman in white helps the boy while away the hours by telling him stories ...Show more