Browse by category
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor and David Kearney (illustrator)
21.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Puffin Modern Classics | Reading Level: 10-12
'We have no choice of what colour we're born or who our parents are or whether we're rich or poor. What we do have is some choice over what we make of our lives once we're here'. The Mississippi of the 1930s was a hard place for a black child to grow up in, but still Cassie didn't understand why farming ...Show more
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (Puffin Modern Classics) by Eleanor Coerr
19.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Puffin Modern Classics
Born in Hiroshima in 1943, Sadako was the star of her school's running team, until the dizzy spells started and she was forced to face the hardest race of her life - the race against time.
Smith by Kenny McKendry
14.95 NZD
21.00 (28% off)
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Puffin Modern Classics
Young Smith was a pickpocket - a very accomplished one. But one day his pick-pocketing was to lead him into a sinister and dangerous web of murder, intrigue and betrayal.
Smith by Leon Garfield
11.95 NZD
14.95 (20% off)
Category: No Category | Series: Puffin Modern Classics | Reading Level: 2-12
Smith was a pickpocket - a very accomplished one. But one day his pick-pocketing was to lead him into a sinister and dangerous web of murder, intrigue and betrayal.
The Borrowers (Puffin Modern Classics) by Mary Norton
21.00 NZD
Category: Children's Classics | Series: Puffin Modern Classics | Reading Level: 9-11
The Borrowers live in the secret places of quiet old houses; behind the mantelpiece, inside the harpsichord, under the kitchen clock. They own nothing, borrow everything, and think that human beings were invented just to do the dirty work. Arrietty's father, Pod, was an expert Borrower. He could scale c ...Show more
The Outsiders (Puffin Modern Classics) by S. E. Hinton
26.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Puffin Modern Classics
The Outsiders by S E Hinton is a ground-breaking, timeless story by a brilliant writer. '...the hand at the back of my neck was strong. I'm drowning, I thought ...' The Socs' idea of having a good time is beating up Greasers like Ponyboy. Ponyboy knows what to expect and knows he can count on his brothe ...Show more
The Sheep-pig by Dick King-Smith
21.00 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Puffin Modern Classics | Reading Level: 9+
Farmer Hoggett thinks the piglet he wins at the fair is just one to be fattened up for the freezer until his old sheepdog, Fly, takes Babe under her wing and starts to train him to be a sheepdog too. Babe's methods are unconventional but successful and he wins the Grand Challenge Trials by being polite ...Show more
The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier
12.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Puffin Modern Classics | Reading Level: 2-12
Although the silver sword was only a paper knife, it became the symbol of hope and courage which kept four deserted children alive through the years of occuption, and afterwards on the exhausting and dangerous journey from war-torn Poland to Switzerland, where they hoped to find their parents.
The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler by Gene Kemp
11.95 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Puffin Modern Classics | Reading Level: 2-12
Tyke Tiler and Danny Price are best friends, much to the despair of the headmaster of Cricklepit Combined School - because wherever the pair go, trouble is never far behind. There are surprises galore in this story about their last term, when Tyke tries to help Danny stay out of trouble.
The Werepuppy (Puffin Modern Classics) by Jacqueline Wilson
12.95 NZD
16.95 (23% off)
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Puffin Modern Classics
A werewolf video leaves Micky terrified of dogs. Mum decides the only answer is to get Micky a puppy of his own. To everyone's surprise - including Micky's - he chooses a werepuppy. But Wolfie turns out to be a very special pet - and a real joker.
The Worst Witch (Puffin Modern Classics) by Jill Murphy
21.00 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Puffin Modern Classics
Mildred Hubble is the worst witch at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches - she's always getting her spells wrong. But she manages to get by until she turns Ethel, the teacher's pet, into her deadly enemy...
The Worst Witch - out of print by Jill Murphy
12.95 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Young Puffin Modern Classics
Mildred Hubble is a trainee witch at Miss Cackle's Academy, and she's making an awful mess of it. She's always getting her spells wrong and she can't even ride a broomstick without crashing it. But she manages to get by until she turns Ethel, the teacher's pet, into her deadly enemy.