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A lot to live up to, Caoilinn Hughes

Posted on December 5, 2013 by NZ Books

When Our Jack Went to War Sandy McKay Longacre, $20.00, ISBN 9781775533092 Brave Company David Hill Puffin, $20.00, ISBN 9780143307570 Speed Freak Fleur Beale Random House, $20.00, ISBN 9781775534709 When Our Jack Went to War is “a fictional story based…

Tagged with: Caoilinn Hughes, David Hill, Fleur Beale, Issue 104, Longacre Press, Puffin, Random House, Sandy McKay, Summer 2013
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

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

The parent problem, Joan de Hamel

Posted on March 1, 2002 by NZ Books

Recycled Sandy McKay Longacre Press, $14.95, ISBN 1887135496 My Dad the All Black Sandy McKay Longacre Press, $14.95, ISBN 1887135690 The Dare Club Vince Ford Longacre Press, $14.95, ISBN 1877135682 Stranded Jan Thorburn Mallinson Rendel, $17.95, ISBN 0908783671 Aunt Effie…

Tagged with: Autumn 2002, Issue 57, Jack Lasenby, Jan Thorburn, Joan de Hamel, Longacre Press, Mallinson Rendel, Sandy McKay, Vince Ford
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults