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The hand of fear, Mandy Hager

Posted on December 1, 2012 by NZ Books

Telling Lies Tricia Glensor HarperCollins, $20.00, ISBN 9781869509347 Earth Dragon, Fire Hare Ken Catran HarperCollins, $25.00, ISBN 9781869509415 There seems to have been a rash of books recently about our involvement in the two world wars, and both these YA…

Tagged with: HarperCollins, Issue 100, Ken Catran, Mandy Hager, Summer 2012, Tricia Glensor
Posted in Literature, Review, Young adults

Saving their world, Diane Hebley

Posted on June 1, 2011 by NZ Books

Just Jack Adele Broadbent HarperCollins, $19.99, ISBN 9781869508869 The Peco Incident Des Hunt HarperCollins, $19.99, ISBN 9781869508968 The Travelling Restaurant: Jasper’s Voyage in Three Parts Barbara Else Gecko Press, $24.99, ISBN 9781877467776 Nina Questor: The Battle Has Begun Ken Catran…

Tagged with: Adele Broadbent, Barbara Else, Des Hunt, Diane Hebley, Gecko Press, HarperCollins, Issue 94, Ken Catran, Winter 2011
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review

No holds barred, Joan de Hamel

Posted on September 1, 2010 by NZ Books

Too Many Secrets Adele Broadbent HarperCollins, $19.99, ISBN 9781869508562 Smiling Jack Ken Catran HarperCollins, $22.99, ISBN 9781 869508128 The Haystack Jack Lasenby HarperCollins, $19.99, ISBN 9781869508524 Into the Wilderness Mandy Hager Random House, $19.99, ISBN 9781869793296 Adele Broadbent is an…

Tagged with: Adele Broadbent, HarperCollins, Issue 91, Jack Lasenby, Joan de Hamel, Ken Catran, Mandy Hager, Random House
Posted in Children, Literature, Review, Young adults

Strangers and journeys, Norman Bilbrough

Posted on March 1, 2008 by NZ Books

Hideout Lorraine Orman Longacre Press, $18.99, ISBN 9781877361814 Teresa Moran Soldier Ken Catran Lothian Books, $19.99, ISBN 9780734409638 Zillah Penelope Todd Longacre Press, $18.99, ISBN 9781877361739 Losing it Sandy McKay Longacre Press, $18.99, ISBN 9781877361746 These four young adult novels…

Tagged with: Autumn 2008, Issue 81, Ken Catran, Longacre Press, Lorraine Orman, Lothian Books, Norman Bilbrough, Penelope Todd, Sandy McKay
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults

Heroics, Ken Catran

Posted on December 1, 2006 by NZ Books

Best and Bravest: Kiwis Awarded the Victoria Cross Glyn Harper and Colin Richardson HarperCollins, $17.99, ISBN 1869505239 Soldier in the Yellow Socks: Charles Upham, Our Finest Fighting Soldier Janice Marriott HarperCollins, $19.99, ISBN 1869505697 War Zones Helen Beaglehole Steele Roberts,…

Tagged with: Colin Richardson, Glyn Harper, HarperCollins, Helen Beaglehole, Issue 76, Janice Marriott, Ken Catran, Steele Roberts, Summer 2006
Posted in Children, Fiction, History, Literature, Non-fiction, Review, War

Kissing the gunner’s daughter, Raymond Huber

Posted on June 1, 2006 by NZ Books

A Respectable Girl Fleur Beale Random, $19.00, ISBN 186941764X Sea of Mutiny Ken Catran Random, $18.95, ISBN 1869417070 Red Leader Down Ken Catran Random, $19.99, ISBN 1869417593 Red Haze: Australians and New Zealanders in Vietnam Leon Davidson Black Dog, $16.95,…

Tagged with: Black Dog Books, Fleur Beale, Issue 74, Ken Catran, Leon Davidson, Random, Raymond Huber, Winter 2006
Posted in Literature, Non-fiction, Review, War, Young adults

Violence – physical, psychological, geological, Raymond Huber

Posted on June 1, 2005 by NZ Books

Land of Milk and Honey William Taylor HarperCollins, $16.99, ISBN 1869505492 Out on the Edge Anna Mackenzie Longacre Press, $18.95, ISBN 1877361038 Something Wicked This Way Comes Ken Catran Scholastic, $16.99, ISBN 186943546X A Canoe in the Mist Elsie Locke…

Tagged with: Anna Mackenzie, Elsie Locke, HarperCollins, Issue 70, Ken Catran, Longacre Press, Raymond Huber, Scholastic, William Taylor, Winter 2005
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review

Surviving, Joan de Hamel

Posted on June 1, 2005 by NZ Books

Walking Lightly Fleur Beale, illustrations by Michaela Sangl Mallinson Rendel, $16.95, ISBN 0908783906 My Story: A New Song in the Land – The Writings of Atapo, Paihia, c 1840 Fleur Beale Scholastic, $16.99, ISBN 1869436113 Robert Moran – Private Ken…

Tagged with: Fleur Beale, Issue 68, Jack Lasenby, Joan de Hamel, June 2005, Ken Catran, Longacre, Lothian, Mallinson Rendel, Michaela Sangl, Scholastic, Shirley Corlett
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults

Primitive satisfaction, Norman Bilbrough

Posted on June 1, 2004 by NZ Books

The Real Thing Brian Falkner Mallinson Rendel, $16.95, ISBN 0908783825 Seal Boy Ken Catran Random, $16.95, ISBN 1869416112 Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Sandy McKay Longacre Press, $14.95, ISBN 1877135976 Colin Goes Bush Sandy McKay Longacre Press, $14.95, ISBN…

Tagged with: Brian Falkner, Eirlys Hunter, Issue 66, Ken Catran, Longacre Press, Mallinson Rendel, Norman Bilbrough, Random, Sandy McKay, Scholastic, Winter 2004
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults

Journeys and sympathies, Anna Jackson

Posted on September 1, 2003 by NZ Books

Home Boys Bernard Beckett Longacre Press, $18.95, ISBN 1877135887 Lin and the Red Stranger Ken Catran Random House, $16.95, ISBN 1869415779 Tiggie Tompson’s Longest Journey Tessa Duder Penguin, $16.95, ISBN 0143318128 Finding myself questioning the whole genre of young…

Tagged with: Anna Jackson, Bernard Beckett, Issue 63, Ken Catran, Longacre Press, Penguin, Random House, Spring 2003, Tessa Duder
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults