More Than This by Patrick Ness

$12.00 NZD

Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good

From two-time Carnegie Medal winner Patrick Ness comes an enthralling and provocative new novel chronicling the life -- or perhaps afterlife -- of a teen trapped in a crumbling, abandoned world. A boy named Seth drowns, desperate and alone in his final moments, losing his life as the pounding sea claims him. But then he wakes. He is naked, thirsty, starving. But alive. How is that possible? He "remembers" dying, his bones breaking, his skull dashed upon the rocks. So how is he here? And where is this place? It looks like the suburban English town where he lived as a child, before an unthinkable tragedy happened and his family moved to America. But the neighborhood around his old house is overgrown, covered in dust, and completely abandoned. What's going on? And why is it that whenever he closes his eyes, he falls prey to vivid, agonizing memories that seem more real than the world around him? Seth begins a search for answers, hoping that he might not be alone, that this might not be the hell he fears it to be, that there might be more than just this. . . . ...Show more

Murder at Mykenai (Odysseus #1) by Catherine Mayo

$10.00 NZD

Category: Fiction | Series: Odysseus | Reading Level: very good

Who can you trust? Friendship vs. Treachery in Ancient Greece, a decade before the Trojan War. Menelaos, teenage son of the assassinated High King of Greece, is tumbling ever deeper into danger. Odysseus, his best friend, tries to help - but Odysseus's great ideas have a tendency to come unstuck.... Thi s exciting debut from new talent Catherine Mayo will delight fans of ancient history and mythology. ...Show more

The Changeover by Margaret Mahy

$8.00 NZD

Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good

A brand-new edition of the Carnegie Medal-winning THE CHANGEOVER - written by internationally bestselling author, Margaret Mahy. 'A gorgeous, strange, unforgettable story . . . I more than loved it' Laini Taylor - author of Daughter of Smoke and Bone 'A clammy hand pressed Laura down onto her knees be side Jacko's bed. It was the hand of terror, nothing less.' It was a warning. Laura felt it when she looked in the mirror that morning. There had been others: the day her father left home, the day she met Sorensen - the boy with the strange silver eyes. But nothing had prepared Laura for the horror of today. And now her little brother, Jacko, was fighting for his life after being sucked dry of his youth by the sinister Carmody Braque. Laura knows there is only one way to save Jacko; she must join Sorensen and use his supernatural powers to change over if there is to be any hope for her little brother. An unforgettable, supernatural romance. ...Show more

Twenty-four Hours by Margaret Mahy

$7.00 NZD

Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good

'Home. Holidays. Free,' thought Ellis. Well not quite free, with university on the horizon. But free from school. Free, although his best friend is dead. Free to think about the future. Free to transform his life. When Ellis meets up with Jackie and three mysterious sisters, he is drawn into a number of increasingly bizarre situations. They introduce him to The Land of Smiles, where appearances are deceptive and being different is the norm. Ellis is sucked relentlessly into a drama from which he cannot escape. It's a matter of life and death, but time is against him. The clock ticks on. In twenty-four hours, Ellis is changed forever. ...Show more

The Riddle of the Frozen Phantom by Margaret Mahy (illus Chris Mould)

$7.00 NZD

Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good

"I've lost my pendant and I've lost my memory," the captain said to himself. "Something terrible must have happened. I must remember. It really is a riddle!" When Sophie Sapwood discovers a whalebone pendant hidden in a chest of drawers, the ghost of Captain Cathcardo awakens from an ancient sleep, trap ped in the frozen wastes on his ship,'The Riddle'. His cries for "Help" travel through the stratosphere to three different sets of ears - Sophie's famous explorer father Bonniface Sapwwod, renowned naturalist Corona Wottley and oily villain Rancid Swarthy. All three parties immediately organise trips to the Antarctic - each with the same goal, yet very different intentions! First published 2001. ...Show more

The Shadow in the North by Philip Pullman

$7.00 NZD

Category: Fiction | Reading Level: good

An elderly lady loses her money on an investment; a conjuror is pursued by thugs; and a clairvoyant mentions the name of the richest man in Europe and his mysterious company. Seemingly unconnected events set Sally Lockhart on the trail of an evil far more awful than she could ever imagine.

Matilda by Roald Dahl

$6.00 NZD

Category: Fiction | Reading Level: good

Matilda's parents have called her some terrible things. The truth is, she's a genius and they're the stupid ones. Find out how she gets the better of them and her spiteful headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, as well as discovering that she has a very special power.

The Tiger in the Well by Philip Pullman

$7.00 NZD

Category: Fiction | Reading Level: good

Sued for divorce when she's never been married, by a man she's never heard of, Sally Lockhart's life is completely uprooted. There seems nothing she can do to prevent the loss of her money, her home, her business, and her two-year-old daughter, Harriet.

Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl

$6.00 NZD

Category: Fiction | Series: Puffin Fiction | Reading Level: good

Danny's father had looked after him ever since his mother had died when he was just four months old. Danny loved his father, and his father loved him, and that's why Danny was so surprised to discover that his father had a secret that was to lead them both into a wild scheme.

Aliens in the Family by Margaret Mahy

$6.00 NZD

Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good

When Bond enters the lives of Dora, Jake and Lewis, with tales of pursuit from dangerous enemies, they are determined to help him to safety. Little do they know what lies ahead of them until Jake guesses the truth about Bond.

Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott

$8.00 NZD

Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good

Jack and Jill by Louisa May Alcott

$8.00 NZD

Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good