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1918: Broken Poppies (Kiwis at War) by Des Hunt
$21.99 NZD
Category: Children | Series: Kiwis at War | Reading Level: very good
Four Christmases have passed since the world went to war in 1914. Struggling to survive in the trenches, close to enemy lines, amid the terror of gunfire and the whine of warplanes, Kiwi soldier Henry Hunt rescues a shaken little dog. He has no idea he'll soon be facing a disciplinary hearing. To Henry' ...Show more
Cool Nukes by Des Hunt
$18.00 NZD
Category: Children
Take one cutting-edge science professor. Add two shocking laboratory explosions. Mix in an avalanche of cryptic messages and three science-geek students-and you have the recipe for a nuclear device that could solve all of humankind's energy problems! Max, Jian Xin and Cleo are making something spectacul ...Show more
Project Huia by Des Hunt
$19.50 NZD
Category: Children
As children, Logan's grandfather and his sister Mavis spotted a beautiful and unusual bird in the kowhai tree outside their house: it was a huia, which was believed to be extinct. In an attempt to photograph it they tracked it deep into the Manawatu Gorge. This was a dangerous journey, made even more s ...Show more
Red Edge by Des Hunt
$19.99 NZD
Category: Children
Twelve-year-old Cassi Whelan and her dad have just moved into a repaired house on the edge of Christchurch's Red Zone. Although Cassi was only four when earthquakes decimated Christchurch, her memories still haunt her. An obsessive runner, she finds the wide-open spaces of the cleared Red Zone suit her ...Show more
Search for a Kiwi Killer by Des Hunt
$22.00 NZD
Category: Children
Kerikeri is kiwi country. There the flightless birds live in common places like farms, sides of roads, and pine forests. There are signs everywhere saying dogs must be on leads. When dead kiwi are found in nearby Waitangi forest, it becomes clear that someone is ignoring the signs. A kiwi killer is on t ...Show more
Skink Gully by Des Hunt
$21.99 NZD
Category: Children | Reading Level: very good
Central Otago's searing summer has been long and brutal. And yet somehow the sheep and smaller creatures on Stonefields Station have survived. That's until Garth Fischer arrives, along with his gun and plans to change things in a big way ...ways that are good for Garth Fischer, but nothing else. Then th ...Show more
Steel Pelicans by Des Hunt
$19.99 NZD
Category: Children
Inseparable best friends Dean and Pelly frequently get up to no good. Dean is a dare-devil, and Pelly always seems to end up going along for the ride. Dean's amateur bomb-making is one step too far, and is soon followed by a bombshell of another sort: Pelly's parents are shifting the family back to New ...Show more
Sunken Forest by Des Hunt
$19.00 NZD
Category: Children
Sent to live with his grandmother in Hastings after his father is jailed, Matt becomes the victim of bad friends and false accusations. Sent off on a military-style school camp to the wilds of Lake Waikaremoana, Matt again gets in trouble for something he didn't do, and is unjustly punished. Not allowed ...Show more
The Peco Incident by Des Hunt
$19.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
Danny is dreading the summer holiday visit by his hyper cousin, Nick. There is no predicting what Nick will get up to, especially when he's off his Ritalin. However, Nick proves to be the least of Danny's problems when bird flu hits the Otago Peninsula. At first it seems that only the local sparrows are ...Show more
The Phantom of Terawhiti by Des Hunt
$19.99 NZD
Category: Children | Reading Level: very good
It's the school holidays and Zac thinks he might go crazy with boredom. He's living in exile with his disgraced father on the remote Terawhiti Station on Wellington's wild southwest coast. Then Zac and his dad witness a boat sink during a storm. Investigating further, Zac finds a set of unusual animal ...Show more
To Trap a Thief by Des Hunt
$17.99 NZD
Category: Children
A man who hands out $100 notes like they were peanuts. A small-town loser robbed of a big lottery win. A young woman held against her will. Liars, thieves, scammers, hijackers ... Connor expects little from his campervan holiday with the elderly couple who are soon to be his step-grandparents. 'Mega bor ...Show more
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