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Angel of Nitshill Road by Anne Fine
$15.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Reading Level: 7+
Penny, Mark and Marigold are miserable. Penny is rather plump, Mark's compared with a Martian and Marigold can't speak to anyone - thanks to relentless bullying from Barry Hunter. Then Celeste arrives and things begin to change. Watering the plants, polishing her desk - her whims infuriate Mr Faraway, b ...Show more
Anneli the Art Hater by Anne Fine
$12.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Reading Level: 7+
Anneli hates art - art lessons are awful and trips to galleries just make her squirm. Now she's got to try to find something precious in her attic to make some money to save the big house on the road, now a home for children with disabilities. It seems ridiculous, but when she looks, she finds a door le ...Show more
Back on Weird Street by Anne Fine
$11.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Weird Street
Asim, Laila and Tom like nothing more than spooking each other out with tales of the unexpected. This summer they're back with three more stories to chill you to the bone. Can your dreams really grant you fortunes and riches? What lurks in the shadows of Number 17? And is Grandma's house really haunted, ...Show more
Bad Dreams by Anne Fine
$16.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
Mel is the class bookworm. She prefers books to people and doesn't want to be a first-week minder for new girl Imogen. But there's something very strange about Imogen and, as Mel slowly uncovers the truth, she begins to realize that stories can happen in real life, too.
Bill's New Frock by Anne Fine
$16.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Reading Level: 7+
Bill Simpson wakes up to find he's a girl, and, worse, his mother makes him wear a frilly pink dress to school. How on earth is he going to survive a whole day like this? Everything just seems to be different for girls...
Bill's New Frock by Anne Fine
$12.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
A classic children's story from one of our best-loved authors, former Children's Laureate Anne Fine. Bill Simpson wakes up to find he's a girl, and worse, his mother makes him wear a frilly pink dress to school. How on earth is he going to survive a whole day like this? Everything just seems to be diffe ...Show more
Blood Family by Anne Fine
$22.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
Edward is four years old when he is locked away with his mother by her abusive, alcoholic partner, Harris. By the time an elderly neighbour spots his pale face peering through a crack in the boarded-up window and raises the alarm, he is seven. Rescue comes, but lasting damage has been done. Sent to live ...Show more
Blue Moon Day by Anne Fine
$16.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
Everyone thinks they know what it's like, going to school. But have you ever wondered what life must be like at a boarding school? A school for young offenders? A school for the blind? With her trademark humour, insight, sensitivity and razor-sharp wit, Anne Fine explores these different worlds in a sho ...Show more
Care of Henry by Anne Fine
$13.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Sprinters S.
Hugo has to choose who to stay with while his mother's having a baby. Granny? Mrs Mariposa next door? Uncle Jack? Who will care for him - and his dog Henry - the best?
Charm School - out of print by Anne Fine
$16.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Reading Level: 8-11
Bonny has no choice. If her mother is to keep her new job, Bonny must take a one-day course at Charm School. One day at Charm School turns out to be every bit as bad as Bonny had feared. The other girls are scratchy and self-obsessed, and will do anything to win the "glistering tiara".
Country Pancake by Anne Fine
$12.95 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
Lancelot's lovely teacher, Miss Mirabelle, is in big trouble. She's told a giant whopper and unless she can come up with a brilliant plan, she's going to look vey, very silly. Can Lancelot help this damsel in distress?
Eating Things on Sticks by Anne Fine
$37.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
Harry is in trouble. He's burned down the family kitchen so now has to spend a week of his summer hols with his uncle Tristram - who's heading off to stay with a new girlfriend - Morning Glory - on a tiny British island. Harry doesn't expect it to be a lot of fun - with just a wacky competition at the e ...Show more