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Donato and the Cartege Blade Fiona Jordan Mary Egan Publishing, $25.00, ISBN 9780473437367 1918: Broken Poppies Des Hunt Scholastic, $19.00, ISBN 9781775432821 How Not to Stop a Kidnap Plot Suzanne Main Scholastic, $17.00, ISBN 9781775434801 Dawn Raid Pauline (Vaeluaga) Smith…
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Summer 2018,
Suzanne Main
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The Tomorrow Code Brian Falkner Walker Books, $19.99, ISBN 781921150340 Juno of Taris Fleur Beale Random House, $18.99, ISBN 781869419882 About Griffen’s Heart Tina Shaw Longacre Press, $19.99, ISBN 87746015 Chronicles of Stone: Scorched Bone Vincent Ford Scholastic New Zealand,…
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Walker Books,
Winter 2009
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Enemy at the Gate Philippa Werry Scholastic New Zealand, $17.99 ISBN 9781869438135 Old Drumble Jack Lasenby HarperCollins, $16.99, ISBN 978169506742 Chicken Feathers Joy Cowley and David Elliot (illus) Puffin Books, $17.95, ISBN 9780143303909 Five (and a bit) Days in the…
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Rebecca Cundy,
Scholastic New Zealand,
Val Bird,
Winter 2009
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The Dumpster Saga Craig Harrison Scholastic New Zealand, $16.99, ISBN 9781869438166 Salt Maurice Gee Puffin, $17.95, ISBN 9780143303350 The Sea-wreck Stranger Anna Mackenzie Longacre Press, $18.99, ISBN 9781877361883 It’s hard to imagine and salutary to recall that many teenagers do…
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Autumn 2008,
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Issue 81,
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Longacre Press,
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Gate Crasher and Other Stories Frances Cherry Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, $25.00, ISBN 186942056X Flashpoint Frances Cherry Scholastic New Zealand, $16.99, ISBN 1869437438 Frances Cherry’s first collection, The Daughter-in-law and Other Stories, was published in 1986, and her first…
Peter Blake Sailor, Adventurer: The Story of a New Zealand Hero Alan Sefton Puffin, $16.95, ISBN 0143318306 Scarecrow Army: The Anzacs at Gallipoli Leon Davidson Black Dog Books, $19.95, ISBN 1876372605 Blue New Zealand: Plants, Animals, Environments: A Visual Guide…
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Hunter Joy Cowley Puffin, $16.95, ISBN 0143318292 Super Freak Brian Falkner Mallinson Rendel, $16.95, ISBN 0908783981 Chinatown Girl: The Diary of Silvey Chan, Auckland, 1942 Eva Wong Ng Scholastic New Zealand, $16.99, ISBN 1869436598 Ask any publisher of New Zealand…
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Juggling with Mandarins V M Jones HarperCollins, $16.99, ISBN 1869504623 The Serpents of Arakesh V M Jones HarperCollins, $14.99, ISBN 1869504771 My Story – Journey to Tangiwai David Hill Scholastic New Zealand, $15.95, ISBN 1869434994 Aunt Effie’s Ark Jack Lasenby…
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Issue 64,
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Longacre Press,
Murray Ball,
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Summer 2003,
V M Jones
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The Bantam and the Soldier Jennifer Beck, illustrated by Robyn Belton Scholastic New Zealand, $21.95 ISBN 186943 1553 Modern New Zealand child to great-grandmother: Why was Pop wearing these clothes in this photo? Gran: That’s his uniform. When he was…