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A Winter's Day in 1939
 

A Winter's Day in 1939 (Paperback)

By Szymanik, Melinda

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Taken from his home in Poland and forced to leave his country, 12-year-old Adam and his family are transported to work in a labour camp in Russia. Ill-fed and poorly treated, Adam doubts they will ever make it out alive. Even if they do get away, they might freeze to death or sta ...

ISBN 9781775430308
Published 1 March 2013 by Scholastic
Interest Age 10-14 years
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Cyclone Bola
 

Cyclone Bola (Paperback)

By Beattie, Kath

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Fictionalised diary of Amy Dyer who is caught up in Cyclone Bola in Gisborne, 1988. Amy is a twelve-year-old Auckland girl whose parents have left her to stay on a vineyard in Gisborne with relatives while they go on a sailing trip. Cyclone Bola strikes, sending the area into cha ...

ISBN 9781775431008
Published 1 March 2013 by Scholastic
Interest Age 4-12 years
Series My New Zealand Story
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A Beam of Bright Light: The Journey of a Lighthouse
 

A Beam of Bright Light: The Journey of a Lighthouse (Paperback)

By Foster, Ali; Illustrated by Walker, Viv

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A history of the Castlepoint Lighthouse, its construction in Wellington city, journey by sea along the Wairarapa coast and reconstruction on a windswept limestone reef. Suggested level: junior.

ISBN 9780473230456
Published 8 February 2013
Interest Age 4-12 years
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Popi Whero, Te
 

Popi Whero, Te (Paperback)

By Hill, David; Illustrated by Colston, Fifi; Translated by Roberts, Ngaere

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Jim, a soldier on the Western Front in World War 1, is wounded while charging through No Man's Land. He stumbles into a shell crater for shelter and finds a badly wounded German soldier. The two men try to help each other, but it's Nipper, the messenger dog, whose gallantry gives ...

ISBN 9781775431411
Published 1 February 2013 by Scholastic
Interest Age 2-6 years
Language (Maori)
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The Drover's Quest
 

The Drover's Quest (Paperback)

By Brocker, Susan

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Rumour is flying around the West Coast gold fields that Tom McGee has struck it rich and found a nugget of gold as big as a man's fist. So no one is surprised when next his campsite is found wrecked and abandoned. Men have been killed for a lot less on the tough goldfields on the ...

ISBN 9781869509071
Published 1 June 2012 by HarperCollins
Interest Age 10-13 years
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Telling Lies
 

Telling Lies (Paperback)

By Glensor, Tricia

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Simone is a 15-year-old girl, whose family are supporters of the Resistance in 1942 Occupied France. Her family hides a New Zealand airman who has parachuted out of his crippled RAF bomber near their farm, and then helps him escape. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary ...

ISBN 9781869509347
Published 6 April 2012 by HarperCollins
Interest Age 11-16 years
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When Empire Calls
 

When Empire Calls (Paperback)

By Catran, Ken

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It's 1899 and James' two brothers (Edward and Lionel) go to fight in the Boer War. Life continues for James, going to school, helping out on the family farm and working for Fred, the local shopkeeper. Edward's letters to James describe the horrors of war, which Fred knows only to ...

ISBN 9781869435554
Published 1 March 2012 by Scholastic
Interest Age 10-13 years
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Set in Stone
 

Set in Stone (Paperback)

By Ford, Vince

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The second installment in the Chronicles of Stone series.

ISBN 9781869438319
Published 1 October 2008 by Scholastic
Interest Age 12-16 years
Series Chronicles of Stone
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Tribal Ash
 

Tribal Ash (Paperback)

By Ford, Vince

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The third installment in the Chronicles of Stone trilogy.

ISBN 9781869438326
Published 23 February 2009 by Scholastic
Interest Age 12-16 years
Series Chronicles of Stone
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Brother Sister Soldier Cousin
 

Brother Sister Soldier Cousin (Paperback)

By Johnston, Phyllis

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It's war-time and a challenging year lies ahead for Helen. Her brother Harry is fighting in Egypt and her sister treats her with unreasonable contempt. When Helen discovers all is not as she has been led to believe it's like, 'that song on the radio where a family is so mixed up ...

ISBN 9781877460319
Published 19 June 2009 by Random House
Interest Age 4-12 years
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