Book List: NZ Junior Fiction v The World
Author Sue Copsey explores the world of New Zealand Junior Fiction, discovering plenty of titles that are just as good as the...
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THE SAMPLING: Rosie Joy by Sophie Siers
It's spring on the farm and springtime is always busy at Rosie Joy's. There are crops to plant and baby lambs everywhere. Rosie Joy and...
THE SAMPLING: Taupo Blows!, by Doug Wilson
Rachel and Sam are at home alone with their dog Choky when the biggest volcano on New Zealand's Volcanic Plateau erupts without warning....
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...
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: 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...
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