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Skink Gully by Des Hunt
21.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Central Otago's searing summer has been long and brutal. And yet somehow the sheep and smaller creatures on Stonefields Station have survived. That's until Garth Fischer arrives, along with his gun and plans to change things in a big way ...ways that are good for Garth Fischer, but nothing else. Then th ...Show more
Steel Pelicans by Des Hunt
24.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Inseparable best friends Dean and Pelly frequently get up to no good. Dean is a dare-devil, and Pelly always seems to end up going along for the ride. Dean's amateur bomb-making is one step too far, and is soon followed by a bombshell of another sort: Pelly's parents are shifting the family back to New ...Show more
The Crocodile Nest by Des Hunt
19.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Reading Level: good
Luke Evans never knew his father - he'd cleared out before he was born. So when his internet skills track down someone living at a luxurious resort in tropical Queensland who could be his dad, Luke's imagination runs wild. What happens when they finally meet is unexpected, and shocks him to the core. Lu ...Show more
The Last Tuatara by Des Hunt
21.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
Twins Jason and Jessy Knowles have always wondered what might be at the top of Jelly Mountain, a stand-out feature on their parents' remote King Country farm. But the problem is there's no known way to get up there. Then oilman Shawn Morris flies over the mountain in his survey plane, almost crashing on ...Show more
The Peco Incident by Des Hunt
19.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
Danny is dreading the summer holiday visit by his hyper cousin, Nick. There is no predicting what Nick will get up to, especially when he's off his Ritalin. However, Nick proves to be the least of Danny's problems when bird flu hits the Otago Peninsula. At first it seems that only the local sparrows are ...Show more
The Phantom of Terawhiti by Des Hunt
19.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Reading Level: very good
It's the school holidays and Zac thinks he might go crazy with boredom. He's living in exile with his disgraced father on the remote Terawhiti Station on Wellington's wild southwest coast. Then Zac and his dad witness a boat sink during a storm. Investigating further, Zac finds a set of unusual animal ...Show more
The Secret of Jelly Mountain by Des Hunt
18.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Jelly Mountain is a mysterious place. Its straight sides mean the top has never been explored and there are many rumours about strange creatures inhabiting it. Then a light plane tries to land on top, and the action really starts. Jason and his sister become embroiled in a mystery that is set to rock th ...Show more
The Tooth by Des Hunt
19.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Tim Thomas is searching for dinosaur fossils in the hills above Pounamu, his grandparent's sheep station. His mum drowned when he was four, leaving Tim with only a vague memory of her - and of a large tooth embedded in rock. But time is against him as he races to find the exact spot where the tooth lies ...Show more
To Trap a Thief by Des Hunt
19.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
A man who hands out $100 notes like they were peanuts. A small-town loser robbed of a big lottery win. A young woman held against her will. Liars, thieves, scammers, hijackers ... Connor expects little from his campervan holiday with the elderly couple who are soon to be his step-grandparents. 'Mega bor ...Show more
Where Cuckoos Call by Des Hunt
16.99 NZD
19.99 (15% off)
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Where Cuckoos Call tells the story of a migratory shining cuckoo, raised by 12 year old Ben Mansfield, a keen ornithologist who looks after endangered birds nesting in a sheltered bay on his family farm in the Coromandel Peninsula. Ben and his mum are dealing with the long term effects of his father fs ...Show more