THE SAMPLING: Into the White, by J Grochowicz
The enthralling and harrowing true story of Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, with evocative photographs, and...
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THE SAMPLING: One House for All and Witchfairy
Book Island began here in New Zealand, but is now based in Bristol in the UK. These two books are focused on how to embrace difference....
THE SAMPLING: Rain Fall, by Ella West (Allen & Unwin)
I'm not running late like I usually am. Maybe that's why I look in the river, maybe that's why I stop when I see it. A dark-coloured...
THE SAMPLING: Catch Me When You Fall
A moving novel about learning to find happiness in the face of uncertainty and discovering a love that transcends the boundary between...
THE SAMPLING: Time Twins, by Astridge & Norlin
Eleven-year-old Astrid thinks she is imagining the quiet boy who appears in her room in the middle of the night and then vanishes as if...
THE SAMPLING: Lily Max: Sun, Surf, Action
Young fashionista Lily Max reunites with her long-lost BFF Greer at a beautiful surf beach, where the movie 'Wave' is being filmed. A...
THE SAMPLING: How to Bee, by Bren MacDibble
A story about family, loyalty, kindness and bravery, set against an all-too-possible future where climate change has forever changed the...
THE SAMPLING: All Our Secrets, by Jennifer Lane
All Our Secrets is set in a small town called Coongahoola, with the dark Bagooli River running through it. After the Virgin Mary appears...
THE SAMPLING: The Spaghetti Giraffe, by Sarah Johnson
The lovely Mina Cucina is a terrible cook! Unfortunately the Great Bonbon Confectionation, which every person in the town must enter, is...
The Sampling: How Not to Stop a Kidnap Plot
An excerpt from Suzanne Main's How Not to Stop a Kidnap Plot, a Junior Fiction novel that tells the tale of how Michael's desire to get...
The Sampling: Cook Islands Heroes
We are excited to present this excerpt from David Riley's Cook Island Heroes, the most recent book in his Pasifika Heroes series. David...
The Sampling: an excerpt from Twice Upon a Time
An excerpt from James Norcliffe's Twice Upon a Time, a Junior Fiction novel about Ginny's search for her Pop. It is full of quirky,...
The Sampling: an excerpt from FLIGHT PATH
An excerpt from David Hill's Flight Path, a YA novel about 18-year-old Jack who wanted to escape boring little New Zealand – but soon...
The Sampling: an excerpt from Helper & Helper
'Food and Friends', a chapter from Helper and Helper, the new Snake and Lizard book written by Joy Cowley and illustrated by Gavin...
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