The Fat Man by Maurice Gee

$10.00 NZD

Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good

Paper Towns by John Green

$10.00 NZD

Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good

From the bestselling author of The Fault in our Stars and Looking for Alaska, soon to be a major TV seriesQuentin Jacobsen has always loved Margo Roth Spiegelman, for Margo (and her adventures) are the stuff of legend at their high school. So when she one day climbs through his window and summons him on an all-night road trip of revenge he cannot help but follow. But the next day Margo doesn't come to school and a week later she is still missing. Q soon learns that there are clues in her disappearance . . . and they are for him. But as he gets deeper into the mystery - culminating in another awesome road trip across America - he becomes less sure of who and what he is looking for.Masterfully written by John Green, this is a thoughtful, insightful and hilarious coming-of-age story. ...Show more

Matilda by Quentin Blake

$15.00 NZD

Category: Fiction | Reading Level: good

The Runaway Settlers by Elsie Locke

$15.00 NZD

Category: Fiction | Reading Level: good

The Dolls' House by Rumer Godden

$12.00 NZD

Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll

$12.00 NZD

Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good

Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales

$12.00 NZD

Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good

These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly

$10.00 NZD

Category: Children | Reading Level: very good

A wealthy family. A deadly secret. A young woman with more to lose than she knows. Josephine Montfort is from one of New York's oldest, most respected, and wealthiest families. Like most well-off girls of the Gilded Age, her future looks set - after a finishing school education, she will be favourably m arried off to a handsome gentleman, after which she'll want for nothing. But Jo has other dreams and desires that make her long for a very different kind of future. She wants a more meaningful and exciting life: she wants to be an investigative journalist like her heroine Nellie Bly. But when Jo's father is found dead in his study after an alleged accident, her life becomes far more exciting than even Jo would wish. Unable to accept that her father could have been so careless, she begins to investigate his death with the help of a young reporter, Eddie Gallagher. It quickly becomes clear he was murdered, and in their race against time to discover the culprit and his motive, Jo and Eddie find themselves not only battling dark characters on the violent and gritty streets of New York, but also their growing feelings for each other. ...Show more

Matilda by Jan Karon

$6.00 NZD

Category: Fiction | Reading Level: good

Miss McAllister's Ghost by Elizabeth Fensham

$7.00 NZD

Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE CBCA BOOK OF THE YEAR HELICOPTER MANWhen Cassandra and her brothers climb the garden wall hoping to spot the ghost in the old hollow-eyed house, they have no idea what awaits within. Suddenly, and then seductively, they are drawn into a world long lost, a world preserved by a woma n whose memories have kept her trapped in time and place.But do the children really know the ghostly old lady as well as they think they do? Or is there something even more bizarre living under her roof?From the author of the CBCA award-winning Helicopter Mancomes a story of unexpected surprises that asks us to re-examine what we think we know of ugliness and beauty. ...Show more

Set in Stone by Linda Newbery

$7.00 NZD

Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good

When Samuel Godwin, a young and naive art tutor, accepts a job with the Farrow family at Fourwinds, their majestic home, little does he expect to come across such a web of secrets and lies. His two tutees are as different as chalk and cheese - the beautiful younger sister Marianne, full of flightiness a nd nervous imagination, and Juliana, controlled and sad.With their governess, Charlotte Agnew, Samuel begins to uncover slowly the horrifying truth behind Juliana's sadness and Marianne's emotional fragility. Their discoveries change their perception of life at Fourwinds for ever and none of their lives will ever be the same again. With her usual brilliance and ease, Linda Newbery has written a haunting and faultlessly plotted novel with characters that leap of the page and stay with the reader long after the last page is turned. Winner of the 2006 Costa Book Award (formerly Whitbread) for Children's Books. ...Show more

Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

$7.00 NZD

Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good

In this striking literary debut, Carol Rifka Brunt unfolds a moving story of love, grief, and renewal as two lonely people become the unlikeliest of friends and find that sometimes you don't know you've lost someone until you've found them. 1987. There's only one person who has ever truly understood fou rteen-year-old June Elbus, and that's her uncle, the renowned painter Finn Weiss. Shy at school and distant from her older sister, June can only be herself in Finn's company; he is her godfather, confidant, and best friend. So when he dies, far too young, of a mysterious illness her mother can barely speak about, June's world is turned upside down. But Finn's death brings a surprise acquaintance into June's life-someone who will help her to heal and to question what she thinks she knows about Finn, her family, and even her own heart. At Finn's funeral, June notices a strange man lingering just beyond the crowd. A few days later, she receives a package in the mail. Inside is a beautiful teapot she recognizes from Finn's apartment and a note from Toby, the stranger, asking for an opportunity to meet. As the two begin to spend time together, June realizes she's not the only one who misses Finn, and if she can bring herself to trust this unexpected friend, he just might be the one she needs the most. An emotionally charged coming-of-age novel, Tell the Wolves I'm Home is a tender story of love lost and found, an unforgettable portrait of the way compassion can make us whole again. ...Show more