Children's and Young Adult : NZ Teen Fiction

ISBN: 9781877460203
Title: 10 PM Question
Author: DE GOLDI KATE

Frankie Parsons is twelve going on old man: an apparently sensible, talented Year 8 with a drumbeat of worrying questions steadily gaining volume in his head: Are the smoke alarm batteries flat? Does the cat, and therefore the rest of the family, have worms? Will bird flu strike and ruin life as we know it? Is the kidney-shaped spot on his chest actually a galloping cancer? Most of the significant people in Frankie's world - his father, his brother and sister, his great-aunts, his best friend Gigs - seem gloriously untroubled by worry.Only Ma takes seriously his catalogue of persistent anxieties; only Ma listens patiently to his 10 p.m. queries. But of course, it is Ma who is the cause of the most worrying question of all, the one that Frankie can never bring himself to ask.Then the new girl arrives at school and has questions of her own: relentless, unavoidable questions.So begins the unravelling of Frankie Parson's carefully controlled world. So begins the painful business of fronting up to the unpalatable: the ultimate 10 p.m. question. The 10 pm Question is a novel which defies all age categories. It does so with a sparkling wit and an operatic cast of characters so delightful and maddening they become dear to us. A tender, beautifully told and endearing story. By the end, you'll wish you had a Frankie Parsons of your own.

Format: Paperback
Price: $30.00

ISBN: 9780994138798
Title: Air Born #1 Generation Icarus
Author: PAWLEY J L



Air Born is the first book in a new international YA series - Generation Icarus. Seventeen-year-old Tyler Owen is smart, handsome, and destined to be a fighter pilot. He's mapped out his life and knows exactly where he's headed. That is, until his first solo sky-dive, when he undergoes a terrifying transformation. Caught on camera, Tyler becomes a viral hit. Everyone wants a piece of him, including the sinister Evolutionary Corporation and a religious cult known as the Angelists. But the worldwide media coverage also alerts others like him. Driven by instinct, they come together and form the Flight. The first of an extraordinary new species, they have only one way to survive. Fly.


Format: Paperback
Price: $20.00

ISBN: 9780994138767
Title: Air Born #1 Generation Icarus
Author: PAWLEY J L



Air Born is the first book in a new international YA series - Generation Icarus. Seventeen-year-old Tyler Owen is smart, handsome, and destined to be a fighter pilot. He's mapped out his life and knows exactly where he's headed. That is, until his first solo sky-dive, when he undergoes a terrifying transformation. Caught on camera, Tyler becomes a viral hit. Everyone wants a piece of him, including the sinister Evolutionary Corporation and a religious cult known as the Angelists. But the worldwide media coverage also alerts others like him. Driven by instinct, they come together and form the Flight. The first of an extraordinary new species, they have only one way to survive. Fly.


Format: Paperback
Price: $20.00

ISBN: 9780994132215
Title: All Our Secrets
Author: LANE JENNIFER

The River Picnic was one of the biggest events that ever took place in Coongahoola, and even wilder than the street party the night Malcolm Fraser became Prime Minister. The adults spoke about it in whispers and only when they thought us kids were out of earshot. All I knew for sure, apart from the fact that Stu Bailey’s wife drowned that night in the Bagooli River, was that four times more babies than usual were born the following October and not all of them looked like their dads.

A girl called Gracie.

A small town called Coongahoola, with the dark Bagooli River running through it.

The Bleeders — hundreds of ‘Believers’ who move in and set up on the banks of the river. Who start buying up the town, and winning souls.

The River Children — born in the aftermath of the infamous River Picnic. They start to go missing, one after the other.

Gracie Barrett, the naively savvy spokesperson for her chaotic family (promiscuous dad, angry mum, twins Lucky and Grub, Elijah the River Child and fervent, prayerful Grandma Bett), for the kids who are taken, for the lurking fear that locks down the town and puts everyone under suspicion.

Gracie is funny and kind, bullied and anguished, and her life spirals out of control when she discovers she knows what no one else does: who is responsible.

All Our Secrets is jaunty, quirky and heart-achingly real. Coongahoola is where hope and fear collide, where tender adolescence is confronted by death, where kindness is a glimmer of light in the dark.

Format: Paperback
Price: $30.00

ISBN: 9780473319113
Title: Amber Fountain #2 Witches of Autumn
Author: RYAN JOSEPH EDWARD

The Ghost Trials are looming, the war with Rumland is raging in the south, and Thistle still hasn't managed to figure out how to charm crows. Things can probably only improve, but then again, Epona's plans surely won't end well. And what's that we heard about a kraken?

Format: Paperback
Price: $20.00

ISBN: 9781510723610
Title: Antipodes
Author: BACON MICHELE


When Erin Cerise steps off her plane in Christchurch, New Zealand, she's determined to overcome her losses of swim team captainship, her boyfriend Ben, and her reputation. Her mother is certain studying abroad will regain Erin's chances of a good future. Once Erin meets her uninspiring host family and city, though, she's not so sure.

Before Christchurch, Erin wasn't always intense and focused. When had her priorities gone upside down?

Now, Erin balks at NZ's itchy school uniforms, its cold houses, and her hosts' utter inability to pronounce her name correctly. Christchurch does boast amazing rock climbing, gorgeous scenery, and at least one guy who could make her journey worthwhile--if she lets him.

With months ahead of her, Erin slowly begins to draw on the years behind her, one step back into her memories at a time. As she rebuilds herself from the other side of the world, she finds that although her life has been turned upside down and she's far from home, every way she moves takes her closer to where she came from.

Format: Hardback
Price: $30.00

ISBN: 9781927182451
Title: Aroha
Author: BICKFORD ANARU

Tormented daily by the cousin who holds her responsible for ripping their family apart, Maori teenager Aroha has many, many other things to worry about. Though she lives in the US with her aunt and uncle, the dreams that have plagued her since her childhood in New Zealand are starting to recur more and more often. Attacked from all sides, Aroha must learn to listen to her heart to discover the truth. AROHA is the story of a journey to find love, and to accept responsibility ...at the end of the world. Anaru Bickford lives in The Bay of Plenty in New Zealand.


Format: Paperback
Price: $20.00

ISBN: 9780143772439
Title: Ash Arising #2 Ash
Author: HAGER MANDY

The gripping sequel to the prize-winning, fast-paced thriller, The Nature of Ash.

When Ash McCarthy spilled the beans on the corruption and lies of the Prime Minister and his cronies, the interview went viral and he thought his job was done. Hiding out with his small band of friends and family at a remote campsite in back-country NZ, he awaits intervention from the United Nations in answer to his call for action. But, far from setting the country back on the road to peace, the fallout from his revelations leads him and his companions into even greater danger.

Can Ash withstand the new challenges that confront him? And what of Mikey - can he survive in this increasingly merciless world?

Chilling and page-turning, this compelling novel crackles with political intrigue, fast-paced action, unexpected twists and lots of heart.

Format: Paperback
Price: $20.00

ISBN: 9781921720543
Title: Assault #1 Recon Team Angel
Author: FALKNER BRIAN

It is 2030, and the world is at war with an alien race. The Bzadians. The battleground: Earth. Recon Team Angel, made up of teenagers from around the world, has been training for years. They have learned Bzadian languages. Learned how to operate their weapons. How to work, eat, and think like them. Now it is time to act. Recon Team Angel must slip behind enemy lines, work their way into the top-secret alien facility under Uluru, and uncover the truth. But what they discover will shock not just them, but all of humanity.

Format: Paperback
Price: $22.00

ISBN: 9780994137241
Title: Because Everything Is Right, But Everything Is Wrong
Author: DONOHUE ERIN

Can you be lost and not know it?

Can other people stop you from being lost?

Seventeen-year-old Caleb’s world is disintegrating, his walls are closing in, his sky is threatening to fall. He’s barely holding on. To deadlines. To friends. To family. To mum. To Pat.

But he has Casey.

Maybe she can save him …

Format: Paperback
Price: $25.00

ISBN: 9781775537670
Title: Being Magdalene #3 Esther Trilogy
Author: BEALE FLEUR

The gripping sequel to the bestselling YA novels I am not Esther and I am Rebecca. Four years after Rebecca fled the religious community The Children of the Faith, twelve-year-old Magdalene bears the brunt of trying to protect and nurture her rebellious younger sister. Zillah isn't at all interested in behaving as befits a daughter of a Faith family, but Magdalene knows only too well the cost of rebellion. Life becomes increasingly difficult for the two girls as the Elders tighten the Rules the children must obey. Magdalene knows it is useless to appeal to their father for help and protection. He believes fully in the integrity of the Elders. His children must obey for if they do not, they will be denied salvation. But what can two children do when their lives become unbearable? Another wonderful novel by an award-winning writer.

Format: Paperback
Price: $20.00

ISBN: 9780995106420
Title: Between
Author: BROADBENT ADELE

Olly has always lived alone with his mum, who lets Aunty Claire make all the decisions in the family. When he is grounded and unable to go to soccer camp he keeps running into Mad Martha who walks the streets with her shopping trolley. He is forbidden to see or speak with her. Who is she and what aren’t they telling him?

Format: Paperback
Price: $20.00

ISBN: 9780995106734
Title: Bone Bearer #3 Telesa
Author: YOUNG LANI WENDT


Format: Paperback
Price: $29.00

ISBN: 9781869507343
Title: Bone Tiki #1 Aotearoa
Author: HAIR DAVID

Matiu Douglas has a bone tiki he stole from a tangi. His father's important new client wants it. Badly. And he has some very nasty friends. When Mat is forced to flee for his life an unexpected meeting with a girl called Pania sets his world spinning. Suddenly he's running through the bush with a girl clown a dog who is way too human and a long dead warrior. Fearful creatures from legend are rising up around him and Mat faces a terrifying ordeal. And there is nowhere left to hide . . . not even in another world. A breathtaking adventure set in two parallel New Zealands from exciting new author David Hair.

Format: Paperback
Price: $20.00

ISBN: 9781925081015
Title: Bow #2
Author: MAYO CATHERINE

Win some... lose some. "There's only one arrow, but you only have to shoot one man. I know you won't miss." War is coming to Bronze Age Greece. It's time to skill up. And Odysseus's challenges are mounting. Can he find his grandfather's hidden gold? Find the strength to string and shoot from the Great Bow of Eurytos, which no man has done for generations? Toughest of all, can he persuade a girl to love him?

Format: Paperback
Price: $20.00

ISBN: 9780473424114
Title: Bravura
Author: KINGSLEY SARA


Format: Paperback
Price: $41.00

ISBN: 9781921758331
Title: Bridge
Author: HIGGINS JANE

The City is divided. The bridges gated. In Southside, the hostiles live in squalor and desperation, waiting for a chance to overrun the residents of Cityside. Nik is still in high school but destined for a great career with the Internal Security and Intelligence Services, the brains behind the war. But when ISIS comes recruiting, everyone is shocked when he isn't chosen. There must be an explanation, but no one will talk about it. Then the school is bombed and the hostiles take the bridges. Buildings are burning, kids are dead, and the hostiles have kidnapped Sol. Now ISIS is hunting for Nik. But Nik is on the run, with Sol's sister Fyffe and ISIS hot on their trail. They cross the bridge in search of Sol, and Nik finds answers to questions he'd never dared to ask. THE BRIDGE is a gritty adventure set in a future world where fear of outsiders pervades everything. A heart-stopping novel about friendship, identity and courage from an exciting new voice in young-adult fiction.

Format: Paperback
Price: $26.00

ISBN: 9781921529887
Title: Broken
Author: PULFORD ELIZABETH

Critically injured in a motorbike accident, Zara Wilson lies in a coma. She is caught between many worlds: the world of her hospital room and anxious family, and that of her memories and a dream-like fantasy where she searches for her brother Jem. Jem proves elusive but Zara's adventures in her subconscious unlock dark secrets of a troubled childhood. Zara must face up to her past in order to accept her future.

Format: Paperback
Price: $22.00

ISBN: 9781407138169
Title: Broken Strings
Author: FARRER MARIA

Love, mystery, secrets and burning ambition - this book has it all... Jess's only dream is to be a violinist, but when stage fright causes her to fail an audition for a place at music school, she cannot afford to keep playing. She is devastated, until the grandmother she didn't know existed shows up at her family's doorstep and promises six months of tuition in exchange for Jess moving to live with her in London and abiding by all her rules. Jess's life there changes more than she'd ever imagined. Not only is her musical training nearly impossible to keep up with, but she also finds herself caught between the boy who is her only lifeline in London, and the boy she thought had abandoned her for ever. And at the climax of her mysterious stay in London, Jess uncovers her grandmother's devastating secret, which tore her family apart and links directly to Jess's own musical dream.

Format: Paperback
Price: $18.00

ISBN: 9781775501336
Title: Bugs
Author: HEREAKA WHITI

Bugs is about the unfolding lives of three young people in their last year of school in small-town New Zealand. Life is slow, and it seems not much happens in town or in Jez and Bugs's lives. But when Stone Cold arrives, the three come to different conclusions about how to deal with being trapped in a small town and at the bottom of the heap.

Format: Paperback
Price: $25.00

ISBN: 9781869509484
Title: Calling the Gods
Author: LASENBY JACK

Thrown hard on the bottom boards, I stared up at distorted mouths, faces so red I could feel their heat. They stank of rage and of something else; several frothed at the mouth; their howls drowned the clatter and shriek of gulls swerving and tilting above the mast. Banishment is the cruellest punishment, and Selene is being driven out unjustly by her own people. Set in a New Zealand both recognisable and strangely different, Calling the Gods is a novel for older readers, a story of violence, love, and courage, of leadership and betrayal, of the extraordinary human ability to adapt and survive, a tale of a young woman's heroic persistence against impossible odds.

Format: Paperback
Price: $20.00

ISBN: 9780007123384
Title: Catalogue of the Universe
Author: MAHY MARGARET

Opposites attract? Angela May and Tycho Potter couldn't be more different: she is tall and beautiful, confident and carefree; he is short and serious, plain and self-conscious. Angela is popular and sexy, with many boyfriends; Tyke prefers the company of his books and watching the skies through his telescope. Tyke has a huge crush on Angela, yet these two 18-year-olds are unlikely best friends. He loves and is mentally tortured by her in roughly equal measure.Angela acts out her burning desire to find and confront her father, whom her mother describes as having been the love affair of her life, but the truth is a very different story which shatters all her childhood imaginings. After a dramatic confrontation it is to Tycho she turns for support, and as their very different worlds collide they begin to understand the unpredictability of life as the repercussions touch everyone around them.




Format: Paperback
Price: $20.00

ISBN: 9781869713744
Title: Catalogue of the Universe
Author: MAHY MARGARET

Angela May and Tycho Potter are an unlikely pair. Angela is passionate, confident and popular, living an eccentric life with her mother at the top of Dry Creek Road. Her best friend Tyke prefers the company of his telescope and philosophy books - anything to escape the chaos of his family. But when a search for answers uncovers long-buried secrets, these two 18-year-olds will learn that sometimes the tough decisions we make have lifelong consequences. A moving and lyrical story that explores the truth of adolescence from Carnegie Medal-winning author, Margaret Mahy.

Format: Paperback
Price: $20.00

ISBN: 9780143770930
Title: Catch Me When You Fall
Author: MERRIMAN EILEEN

A moving novel about learning to find happiness in the face of uncertainty and discovering a love that transcends the boundary between life and death.

Seventeen-year-old Alex Byrd is about to have the worst day of her life, and the best. A routine blood test that will reveal her leukaemia has returned, but she also meets Jamie Orange.

Some people believe in love at first sight, and some don't.
I believe in love in four days.
I believe in falling.

Both teenagers have big dreams, but also big obstacles to overcome.

'Promise me you won't try to die,' I said. 'Ever.'
'Promise me you won't either,' he countered.
'It's not really something I can control.'

Format: Paperback
Price: $20.00

ISBN: 9780473435271
Title: Child Power #2 Amazon
Author: DAWSON RAEWYN

Circa 300 BC: slavers are secretly active around the Black Sea, kidnapping children and forcing them into a life of deprivation and captivity. Sixteen-year-old Melo, a respected Amazon tribal leader in the Plains, is empowering the Tribe's children within the Peace Way. When Melo's friend Atalanta is captured and put to work on a pig farm, Melo and her friends must harness all their courage to mount a successful rescue operation. In this enthralling tale of love, adventure and revenge, the children of the cities, the slaves and the tribal young all face the most monumental challenges of their lives as their world is rocked to its core.

In this enthralling tale of love, adventure and revenge, the children of the cities, the slaves and the tribal young all face the most monumental challenges of their lives as their world is rocked to its core.

Format: Paperback
Price: $25.00

ISBN: 9780995104037
Title: Children of the Furnace
Author: MURRAY BRIN

Dark, powerful and heartbreaking, Children Of The Furnace compels with a uniquely stunning world and one of the greatest characters you’ll ever be afraid for.
Under the iron rule of the Revelayshun, one boy discovers the truth…

‘Ty promised my ma he’d bring me up right. Bring him up to hear the rhythm beat, she said, and to feel the heartsblood warm. Not Strong — not in their way — but strong in the ways of the heart.’

When the Revelayshun murders his pa, Wil discovers through savage inquisition that he’s marked as a Heater, one of the old-time
heretics who burned up the world.
But Wil holds the key to a secret. Sekkerland’s Shame, the Atrocity, is a great lie — and the Revelayshun will use fire, blood and death to hide the truth.


Format: Paperback
Price: $28.00

ISBN: 9781444794533
Title: Chimes
Author: SMAILL ANNA

The Chimes is set in a reimagined London, in a world where people cannot form new memories, and the written word has been forbidden and destroyed. In the absence of both memory and writing is music. In a world where the past is a mystery, each new day feels the same as the last, and before is blasphony, all appears lost. But Simon Wythern, a young man who arrives in London seeking the truth about what really happened to his parents, discovers he has a gift that could change all of this forever. A stunning literary debut by poet and violinist Anna Smaill, The Chimes is a startlingly original work that combines beautiful, inventive prose with incredible imagination.

Format: Trade paperback
Price: $25.00

ISBN: 9781250115331
Title: Clash of Empires #2 Battlesaurus
Author: FALKNER BRIAN


In this roaring alternative history adventure by Brian Falkner, dinosaurs from a forbidden world have been turned into unstoppable weapons by one of the most ferocious military leaders of all time: Napol#65533;on Bonaparte.

In the wake of his crushing victory at Waterloo, Napol#65533;on unleashes his vicious French general Marc Thibault and his brigade of giant battlesaurs to strike terror across Europe. England stands alone, but an invasion is looming. Its only hope is a secret attack led by Willem, a magician's son, deep inside enemy territory, to the very heart of Napol#65533;on's terrifying new army.

InBattlesaurus: Clash of Empires, the stunning sequel toBattlesaurus: Rampage at Waterloo, deception and betrayal threaten the mission from its outset, but the courage and perseverance of Willem the "Saur killer" and his compatriots lead to a clash of titanic proportions.

Praise for Battlesaurus:

"A stunning conclusion . . . the dinosaur battles are terrific and should appeal to teen readers with a penchant for action and suspense." --VOYAonBattlesaurus: Clash of Empires

"Part historical fiction, part dinosaur fantasy mash-up, this book will appeal to history buffs and dinosaur fanatics alike. The battle scenes between Napol#65533;on's army and the British are depicted in incredible detail, making readers feel as if they are right in the midst of the fight... The first of a promising duology that readers will find thrilling and positively addicting." --School Library Journal onBattlesaurus: Rampage at Waterloo

"This alternative history asks, what if Napol#65533;on won the battle at Waterloo... The novel quickly ramps up to suspense, immersing the reader in the swiftly moving plot. Characters are very well drawn, capturing the reader's sympathy. With an ending wide open for a sequel, complete with a plot-thickening cliff-hanger, one can only hope that Falkner is a swift writer." --BooklistonBattlesaurus: Rampage at Waterloo

"Falkner gives Napol#65533;on a toothy secret weapon in this decidedly alternate history." --Kirkus ReviewsonBattlesaurus: Rampage at Waterloo

The Battlesaurus Books:
Battlesaurus: Rampage at Waterloo
Battlesaurus: Clash of Empires

Format: Paperback
Price: $20.00

ISBN: 9780143772040
Title: Closed, Stranger
Author: DE GOLDI KATE

A prize-winning novel about friendship, family and an impossible love.

'What made March really significant, what seared it on both our brains, was that Westie met his birth mother, Vicky, for the first time, a secret assignation . . . and I met Meredith Robinson . . .'

Max Jackson tells the story of his friendship with Westie, from its wild, head-smacking glory to its bitter misunderstandings. In just one tumultuous year, a volatile cocktail - two young men, two women, love and hate and the weight of the past - changes that friendship for ever.

Winner of the Young Adult Fiction Honour Book Prize at the New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards

Format: Paperback
Price: $20.00

ISBN: 9781775538592
Title: Coming Home to Roost
Author: SCOTT MARY-ANNE

"Elliot is on the run from a situation that's just too big to handle. Sooner or later, it's going to catch up with him. The question is, will he turn and face it head on? You're seventeen, left school, scarred for life,' Dad said, pointing at Elliot's tattoo, and living off us like a child.' Elliot's in need of a fresh start, and so he's dispatched to a new city to work as an apprentice electrician. His new boss, Arnie, is an ex-naval officer with a bad temper and an irritating habit of dispensing free advice. But Elliot's out of options u and at least his life has settled into a routine. That is, until a disturbing rumour comes from back home about Elliot's ex-girlfriend, Lena. After all of Lena's lies, Elliot no longer trusts anything he hears about her. But . . . what if the rumour's true? Lena is urgently trying to track him down. All he can think to do is go to ground. But a problem this big only attracts more problems, and, after a shocking accident, they're all going to catch up with him at once. Coming Home to Roost is a fast-paced, bighearted novel about an age-old situation, from the award-winn

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Price: $20.00