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It's Halloween and Mallory has a trick up her sleeve! Scheming Mallory and her reluctant sidekick Arthur have a Halloween misadventure involving nasty tricks, time travel and a sneaky cat. Mallory wants candy, as much as she can grab, and she's prepared to play some tricks (and k...ick a pesky black cat) to get it. But when she and her reluctant sidekick Arthur tangle with the owner of a spooky old house, the trick is on them. In the beat of a bat's wing, they're a century back in time with a mission to find that slippery cat, or Mallory will change shape forever . . . From the magical pen of James Norcliffe, and with fantastical illustrations by Emily Walker, Mallory, Mallory- Trick or Treat is a spooky tale of time travel and intrigue, and people getting their (un)just desserts. Don't miss Mallory and Arthur's first hilarious misadventure Mallory, Mallory- The Revenge of the Tooth Fairy!
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When Mallory and her sidekick Arthur kidnap the tooth fairy, they get more than they bargained for in this sparkling fantasy adventure novel for children. Mallory is a nasty piece of work. Her one friend is Arthur, who only puts up with her because he has no one else. When Mallor...y loses a tooth, she comes up with an evil idea to capture and blackmail the tooth fairy for an endless supply of money. But it's never a good idea to meddle with a magical creature, and Mallory and Arthur are about to find out just how bad it can get. With James Norcliffe's signature magic and humour, and Emily Walker's equally magical illustrations, The Revenge of the Tooth Fairy will delight fans of the Harry Potter series, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the Wizard of Oz and top-quality fantasy adventures.
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Re-Draft once again showcases the very best writing by young New Zealanders.
Dip into these pages to see how our writers of the future measure their world with wit, passion, perception, imagination and often a wisdom that belies their years.
The annual Re-Draft Anthologies ar...e eagerly anticipated. this collection emphatically demonstrates why!
It's a patchwork of beautifully crafted stories, poems and creative non-fiction from our most imaginative young minds, stitched neatly together in one place. It's also a fantastic resource for teaching unfamilliar texts.
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The Loblolly boy wants his old life back and his plight is all the more poignant for his searching. In this stunning junior fiction fantasy sequel to The Loblolly Boy Michael convinces the unhappy boy at the Great Hall to Exchange with him once again, and Michael begins a magical... journey home. Complications, twists and stunts abound once the mischievous and perverse Sorcerer and the bumbling but well-meaning Gadget Man decide to assist in the bizarre turn of events. This is a disarmingly poignant yet magical and inventive tale written with the sure hand of a writer whose characters are as much grounded in the real world as the fantastic and whimsical whirl he creates around them. The rich narrative moves along at a good pace and is woven throughout with plenty of clues, leads and surprises, and much treacherous magic to keep young readers engaged.
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In this junior fiction novel, fantasy elements combined with realism. The 'present day' characters are grounded in contemporary life until they step into a parallel universe. When David's uncle comes to visit he sets off a bizarre series of events. Things become complicated when ...the pet rats turn bright red. David senses that somehow the red rats are connected to the story he is reading, and he becomes more convinced when the colour red becomes contagious. The parallel story sees Felix and his friend Bella inadvertently shifted into a strange land where they must solve a riddle. But this puts them into great danger. How will they escape and find their way home? Young readers will want to solve the confusing conundrum of the red rats; they'll delight in the word riddles; be absorbed by David's story as well as the fantastical adventures of Felix and Bella.
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"What happens when you find yourself trapped inside a story? Ginny and her strange new friend, Digger Dagger, must navigate their way through this upside down, topsy turvy world where Don's Dairy has become Nod's Diary, the fish and chip shop is full of tropical fish tanks and wo...od chips, and the ghost train at the fun fair really is a ghost train.How will the story end? Will Ginny and Digger Dagger find the answers they need?"--Publisher information.
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The loblolly boy has the gift of flight: he's invisible to most people, apart from a very few who are known as the Sensitives. When the loblolly boy swaps identities with the narrator of this story, we are taken on an exciting, truly imaginative odyssey.
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A flute that will only play one mysterious song? A strange old man in a wheel chair somehow rejuvenated by this music? A leap from a window into a strange and often frightening world where nobody can be trusted and from which there seems to be no escape? The Enchanted Flute sweep...s Becky Pym and Johnny Cadman from the realities of modern day school and the suburbs into an ancient Arcadian world where an old battle is about to be reignited and where even older forces are preparing themselves. The flute Becky's mother bought at a pawn shop proves to be a catalyst, a prize all forces seek. Becky herself, as the one who plays its enchanted music, becomes the focus of their needs and animosities. Lost, pursued, separated at times, Becky and Johnny are swept along by events out of their control until the final confrontation between ancient enemies. A wonderfully inventive story resounding with familiar myths and old stories, but typically grounded in a contemporary sense. It's a delightfully, believable fantasy charged with musical language and a dangerous, menacing edge.
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Why did the princess throw the frog against the wall? A novel about a disappearance, searching for love and the power of stories. A disappearance. An infatuation. The Frog Prince is an intriguing, multi-layered novel giving us a story, within a story, within a story. We might rec...all the kiss between the frog prince and the princess, but not necessarily the part where the princess angrily flings the frog against the wall. What was that all about? At an international school in France, the young teacher Cara Bernstein gives her explanation in a novel she's been writing about the Brothers Grimm. It doesn't seem relevant to Cara's own story and that of her New Zealand boyfriend David Cunningham. But when Cara disappears, will David be able to put the stories together to understand what has happened? And will any of the princesses and frogs be united happily ever after?
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Ko Aotearoa Tatou | We Are New Zealand is bursting with new works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and visual art created in response to the editors' questions: What is New Zealand now, in all its rich variety and contradiction, darkness and light? Who are New Zealanders?
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