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The Story of Sir Peter Blake by Tessa Duder
21.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
Peter Blake was one of New Zealand's great modern heroes. In a life packed with competitive sailing, he circled the world many times, covered as many sea miles as any sailor in history, led us to America's Cup victory (twice!), and gave his last years (and ultimately his life) to saving the environment. ...Show more
The Word Witch: The Magical Verse of Margaret Mahy by Margaret Mahy Edited by Tessa Duder
30.00 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Reading Level: Very Good
Honour Award, New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards 2010. The Word Witch can lasso with a limerick, haunt with a haiku and wrap you tight in a rhyme, quick as lightning. Her cauldron is a dictionary, her wand a mighty pen, and she stirs her words at midnight, making tempting treats for children, to pl ...Show more
Tiggie Tompson All at Sea by Tessa Duder
16.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Tiggie Tompson has won a coveted role in a 19th century TV drama. But then she becomes embroiled in her own family drama, including emails from an unknown half-brother with unpleasant news. TiggieâÂÂs TV character, the aristocratic young Eliza, edges into her waking thoughts and their two stories are ...Show more
Tiggie Tompson's Longest Journey by Tessa Duder
16.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
Tiggie's traumatic role as the spirited 19th century emigrant Eliza Matthews in the TV drama The Longest Journey is threatening to spill over into her real-life relationships. How will she cope with the handsome actor playing Eliza's attacker? Or with boyfriend Gareth who gets a job on set? She's also c ...Show more
Too Close to the Wind and other stories by Tessa Duder
16.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
A collection of 12 short-stories for children, including a mix of Tessa's previously published classics (9) and new stories (3). The title comes from a novella written during Tessa's stay at Menton as the Kathryn Mansfield Scholar, and is an exciting yet poignant sea adventure in which a girl learns she ...Show more