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Children of the King by Sonya Hartnett
21.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Three children have been sent to live in the countryside, safe from the war in London. When they find two boys hiding in a castle, the past and future come together to make an extraordinary adventure. A hauntingly beautiful story from one of Australia's most acclaimed writers for adults and children. ...Show more
Come Down, Cat! by Sonya Hartnett
17.99 NZD
Category: Picture Books
The day is ending, night is falling, and Nicholas's cat won't come down. High on the roof she licks her paws while Nicholas worries about her up there all alone. How can he coax her into the safe, warm house? She doesn't even want to come down from the roof . . . or does she? From the combined talents o ...Show more
Forest by Sonya Hartnett
18.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Reading Level: From 13 To 99
In the tradition of "Watership Down", this is a powerful literary novel for all ages that charts the perilous journey of a dumped domestic cat trying to find his way home through the Australian forest. 2002 CBC Book of the Year winner. Ages 13+.
Of A Boy by Sonya Hartnett
27.00 NZD
29.95 (9% off)
Category: Fiction
Adrian (9) lives with his gran and uncle Rory. He loves to draw, wants a dog and fears quicksand, shopping centres and self-combustion. He cannot understand why three local children might set out to buy ice-cream and never come back home... Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize (South East Asia and t ...Show more
Of a Boy by Sonya Hartnett
26.95 NZD
Category: Fiction
The Metfords have not been lost or abandoned - they have been made to disappear. They have not run away - they have been lifted up and carried. They've been taken somewhere as distant as Jupiter. Adrian has never thought that an ordinary child, a kid like himself or Clinton or that freckle-nosed girl, m ...Show more
Of a Boy: Popular Penguins by Sonya Hartnett
12.99 NZD
15.99 (18% off)
Category: Classic Books | Series: Popular Penguins Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Internationally published author: the US, Canada, Germany, Italy, Norway and Denmark. Award winning author. The year is 1977, and Adrian is nine. He lives with his gran and his uncle Rory; his best friend is Clinton Tull. He loves to draw and he wants a dog; he's afraid of quicksand, shopping centres an ...Show more
Surrender by Sonya Hartnett
25.00 NZD
27.00 (7% off)
Category: Thriller
Gabriel is dying from an undisclosed illness. He relives his brief 20 years, remembering his parents' over-protectiveness, his wild friend Finnigan who encouraged him to do terrible things, and his dear dog Surrender. Told from the perspectives of Gabriel and Finnigan, the voices are eerily alike in ton ...Show more
The Midnight Zoo by Sonya Hartnett
21.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Master storyteller Sonya Hartnett crafts a magical and moving fable about war and redemption . . . and what it means to be free. When the Germans attack their Romany encampment during World War II, Andrej and his younger brother, Tomas, flee through a ravaged countryside under cover of darkness, guardi ...Show more
The Silver Donkey by Sonya Hartnett
24.00 NZD
25.00 (4% off)
Category: Young Adult Fiction
One bright spring morning in the woods of France, a soldier, blinded by the war, is found by a little girl named Coco, and her older sister Marcelle. In return for their kindness, the soldier tells the sisters marvellous tales, each story connected to the keepsake he carries in his pocket: a perfect, ti ...Show more
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