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The conflict in Malaysia during and after World War Two, as seen from the perspectives of a Kiwi soldier (Peter) and a Chinese Malay freedom fighter (Ng). Against a background of culture clash and political and individual conflicts, two young men are drawn inexorably together as ...
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It's early days in the Boer War and the small farming community of Huia is gripped by patriotic fervour. Men, young and old, are eager to join up and head overseas to fight the 'evil scoundrel folk in Africa who opposed the British Empire and had to be taught a lesson'. When his ...
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The legendary Nina of the Dark has come into her power and won a mighty kingdom - but her battle has just begun. The witchers, those dark lords of evil, still plague the land ... and seek Nina's death.
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Unfortunately, the next day he wakes in the hold of a whaler, shangaied abroad for a three-year voyage, at the mercy of hard-faced officers and an iron captain. After whaling along the North and South American coasts, the ship ends up in New Zealand - Korareraka, and Fiordland - ...
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An exciting historical teen novel focusing on 18 year old John Hallet, who sailed on the ill-fated Bounty, when Fletcher Christian led the crew in mutiny against Captain Bligh. Cast adrift in a small boat in wild and treacherous seas, Hallet tells the remarkable story of survival ...
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When 17-year-old Matt dreams that he is a World War 2 pilot in a dogfight against the Germans, something strange happens. Was it a dream? Because later that morning, the family gets news that Grandad died at exactly that time, 3.15 a.m. This is the beginning of a bewildering set ...
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Contains three stand-alone stories, each with a related theme. In each story a young teenager of 17 or 18 interacts with an elderly person who was their age during World War II. Each of these now-elderly people has undergone a traumatic and violent experience, which the modern te ...
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Harry Wainwright is not quite 18, but he can't wait to enlist in the Great War - so he flees his boarding school and runs to the war. His love letters to Jessica begin idealistically, but soon they change when the young people learn of the horror of war and its associated cynicis ...
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It is the beginning of the 21st century, and Earth is decimated by plague and pollution. Mankind's only hope is to colonize the solar planets. This book tells a story of a teenager who fights aliens, investigates mysteries and battles against an authoritarian planet called Earth.
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