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Giving them what they want, Linda Burgess
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…
Tagged with: Des Hunt, Fiona Jordan, Issue 124, Mary Egan Publishing, Pauline (Vaeluaga) Smith, Scholastic New Zealand, Summer 2018, Suzanne Main
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review
Brave new worlds, Joan de Hamel
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,…
Tagged with: Brian Falkner, Fleur Beale, Issue 86, Joan de Hamel, Longacre Press, Random House, Scholastic New Zealand, Tina Shaw, Vincent Ford, Walker Books, Winter 2009
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Debuts and returns, Linda Burgess
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…
Tagged with: David Elliot, HarperCollins, Issue 86, Jack Lasenby, Joy Cowley, Linda Burgess, Michelle Kelly, Philippa Werry, Puffin Books, Random Books, Rebecca Cundy, Scholastic New Zealand, Val Bird, Winter 2009
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Breaking free, Jill Holt
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…
Tagged with: Anna Mackenzie, Autumn 2008, Craig Harrison, Issue 81, Jill Holt, Longacre Press, Maurice Gee, Puffin, Scholastic New Zealand
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Posted in Children, Fiction, Literature, Review, Young adults
Unpeaceful co-existence, Isa Moynihan
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…
Tagged with: Earl of Seacliff Art Workshop, Frances Cherry, Isa Moynihan, Issue 79, Scholastic New Zealand, Spring 2007
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Just the facts, ma’am, John Bonallack
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…
Tagged with: Alan Sefton, Autumn 2006, Black Dog Books, HarperCollins, Ian Brodie, Issue 73, John Bonallack, John Parker, Leon Davidson, Peter Blake, Puffin, Scholastic New Zealand
Posted in Biography, Children, Media, Natural History, Review, War, Young adults
Posted in Biography, Children, Media, Natural History, Review, War, Young adults
War for all of us, Judith Holloway
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…
Tagged with: Issue 23, Jennifer Beck, Judith Holloway, Robyn Belton, Scholastic New Zealand, Spring 1996
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review