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1918: Broken Poppies (Kiwis at War) by Des Hunt
18.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Kiwis at War | Reading Level: very good
Four Christmases have passed since the world went to war in 1914. Struggling to survive in the trenches, close to enemy lines, amid the terror of gunfire and the whine of warplanes, Kiwi soldier Henry Hunt rescues a shaken little dog. He has no idea he'll soon be facing a disciplinary hearing. To Henry' ...Show more
A Friend in Paradise by Des Hunt
22.00 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
When Robbie Walker's father dies of cancer, he takes out his anger on anyone near. In the hope of saving what remains of their family, Robbie's mother sends him off to spend the summer holidays on Uncle Jim's farm where his father grew up. There, in a hidden valley called Paradise, Robbie discovers a ne ...Show more
Climate Change (Inside Bubble Earth) by Des Hunt
40.00 NZD
Category: Children Non Fiction
What causes climate? What changes climate? Des Hunt takes us on an in-depth look at the science of climate and what we can all do to help the earth thrive. Favourite Kiwi eco-fiction writer, Des Hunt, presents the facts about the changes in the world’s climate and the effects of human actions in this no ...Show more
Cody's Unexpected Catch by Des Hunt
14.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
Cody and Wiri are surprised to find their whitebait is actually redbait and greenbait and purplebait. But bigger surprises are in store when a stranger comes to the beach and their holiday turns deadly. An outdoors adventure, featuring colour illustrations, for readers aged 7 to 10 years from the au ...Show more
Crown Park by Des Hunt
18.00 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
Jack Stewart hates his new life in Taupo until he meets Fluoro, Taupo's most visible street person. Fluoro lives in a old explosion crater in Crown Park, which provides a link to the last eruption of Lake Taupo, two thousand years before. With Fluoro's help, Jack learns to take his mind back to that tim ...Show more
Deadly Feathers by Des Hunt
20.00 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
Noah Larsen lives in the big city, enjoying fast-foods, movies, and heaps of mates. That's until his parents decide to move to Stewart Island. Looking at a map, Noah sees the island as the most desolate place on earth, stuck way down south, almost at the bottom of the world. The reality, when he gets th ...Show more
Eagle Swamp by Des Hunt
21.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
Geology expert Professor Mike Rackman is studying the Alpine Fault, a 600 km long crack that runs the length of New Zealand's South Island. Every 300 years or so, the fault cracks causing massive earthquakes and tsunami. Mike hopes his studies will help predict the next big one. Unfortunately, he disapp ...Show more
Frog Whistle Mine by Des Hunt
19.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Set in Charleston, a gold-mining ghost town 30km south of Westport, Frog Whistle Mine is another of Des Hunt's trademark exciting, beautifully written contemporary action adventure stories for children, with ecological themes. Twelve-year-old Tony has lived all around New Zealand, travelling with his no ...Show more
Project Huia by Des Hunt
17.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
As children, Logan's grandfather and his sister Mavis spotted a beautiful and unusual bird in the kowhai tree outside their house: it was a huia, which was believed to be extinct. In an attempt to photograph it they tracked it deep into the Manawatu Gorge. This was a dangerous journey, made even more s ...Show more
Red Edge by Des Hunt
19.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Twelve-year-old Cassi Whelan and her dad have just moved into a repaired house on the edge of Christchurch's Red Zone. Although Cassi was only four when earthquakes decimated Christchurch, her memories still haunt her. An obsessive runner, she finds the wide-open spaces of the cleared Red Zone suit her ...Show more
Search for a Kiwi Killer by Des Hunt
22.00 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
Kerikeri is kiwi country. There the flightless birds live in common places like farms, sides of roads, and pine forests. There are signs everywhere saying dogs must be on leads. When dead kiwi are found in nearby Waitangi forest, it becomes clear that someone is ignoring the signs. A kiwi killer is on t ...Show more
Shadows in the Ice by Des Hunt
16.99 NZD
17.99 (5% off)
Category: NZ Fiction
When something falls into the ice, it takes seven years to reappear. As it comes closer you can see its shadow in the ice. Seven years ago, a hunter was killed in a tragic accident. His body disappeared, some say into the ice, while some wonder if it was an accident. When Tony Hogan-White arrives in the ...Show more