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A Little Piece of Ground by Elizabeth Laird
17.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
In Elizabeth Laird's A Little Piece of Ground, twelve-year-old Karim Aboudi and his family are trapped in their Ramallah home by a strict curfew. Israeli tanks control the city in response to a Palestinian suicide bombing. Karim longs to play football with his mates - being stuck inside with his teenag ...Show more
A Little Piece of Ground - out of print by Elizabeth Laird
29.95 NZD
Category: Fiction
Written in collaboration with Palestinian author Sonia Nimr, A Little Piece of Ground tells the story of Karim, an ordinary twelve-year old boy, living in Ramallah under the occupation of Israeli troops. Editor Marion Lloyd says "This is an exceptionally exciting and important book, which will give a ...Show more
Crusade by Elizabeth Laird
32.00 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
When Adam's mother dies unconfessed, he pledges to save her soul with dust from the Holy Land. Employed as a dog-boy for the local knight, Adam grabs the chance to join the Crusade to reclaim Jerusalem. He burns with determination to strike down the infidel enemy...Salim, a merchant's son, is leading an ...Show more
Crusade by Elizabeth Laird
17.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Crusade is a richly detailed historical adventure, from Carnegie shortlisted author, Elizabeth Laird. Two boys. Two faiths. One unholy war ... When Adam's mother dies unconfessed, he pledges to save her soul with dust from the Holy Land. Employed as a dog-boy for the local knight, Adam grabs the chanc ...Show more
Hot Rock Mountain by Elizabeth Laird
12.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
This is a collection of themed short stories about nature and the natural world.This glorious collection of stories about nature is a treat for a reader to discover. Elizabeth Laird begins with a tale about a volcano that gets its own back on developers. Her story about a snake is bravely told, given th ...Show more
Jungle School (Reading Ladder Level 1) by Roz Davison; Elizabeth Laird; David Sims (Illustrator)
4.99 NZD
14.99 (66% off)
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Reading Ladder Level 1 Ser.
It's Jani's first day at school and she's nervous. Will the other monkeys be friendly? Will they all stare at her? Jani is in a wheelchair, and this makes her different. But, thanks to her sense of cheekiness, she makes friends and has a very nice first day at school indeed.
Kiss the Dust by Elizabeth Laird
17.00 NZD
17.99 (5% off)
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Tara is an ordinary teenager. Although her country, Kurdistan, is caught up in a war, the fighting seems far away. It hasn't really touched her. Until now. The secret police are closing in. Tara and her family must flee to the mountains with only the few things they can carry. It is a hard and dangerous ...Show more
Lost Riders by Elizabeth Laird
19.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Taken from their home in Pakistan to work in the Persian Gulf, eight-year-old Rashid and his little brother Shari cling to each other. Then they are separated and forced to become jockeys in the lucrative camel-racing business. Rashid is starved and worked to exhaustion by harsh supervisors - but he has ...Show more
Oranges in No Man's Land by Elizabeth Laird
17.99 NZD
19.00 (5% off)
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Since her father left Lebanon to find work and her mother tragically died in a shell attack, ten-year-old Ayesha has been living in the bomb-ravaged city of Beirut with her granny and her two younger brothers. The city has been torn in half by civil war and a desolate, dangerous no man's land divides th ...Show more
Pea Boy and Other Stories from Iran by Elizabeth Laird
21.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
Iran has mountains striped with snow, dense forests where bears and lynxes still roam, deserts, bazaars...but above all it has stories - of fairies and demons, of a monstrous metal eagle called the okab, of romantic cockroaches and foolish weavers. During her travels, Elizabeth Laird has gathered a weal ...Show more