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A Respectable Girl by Fleur Beale
$18.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
A Young Adult historical romance novel set in both New Zealand and England during the 19th century. The main character is Hannah, a strong Elizabeth Bennett-like personality, who lives in Taranaki with her father, twin brother, Maori step-mother and step-brother during the time of the land wars. Hannah ...Show more
Being Magdalene (The Pilgrim Family #3) by Fleur Beale
$20.00 NZD
Category: NZ Children & Young Adult | Series: The Pilgrim Family | Reading Level: very good
The gripping sequel to the bestselling YA novels I am not Esther and I am Rebecca. Four years after Rebecca fled the religious community The Children of the Faith, twelve-year-old Magdalene bears the brunt of trying to protect and nurture her rebellious younger sister. Zillah isn't at all interested in ...Show more
Dirt Bomb by Fleur Beale
$19.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Reading Level: very good
A coming of age story for teenage boys, especially car lovers. Shortlisted for the 2012 NZ Post Book Awards and the 2012 LIANZA YA Award. Jake's life is sweet. He's got no money and doesn't have a mobile, but he's got two best mates; Buzz and Robbie. Buzz is generous and doesn't mind buying stuff for hi ...Show more
End of the Alphabet by Fleur Beale
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
Having a dream and aiming for it ...gentle coming-of-age novel for girls by much-loved YA novelist Fleur Beale. Ruby Yarrow is a 14 year old who lives in a busy, loving, chaotic family with her mum, stepdad, brother and two little stepbrothers. Ruby feels a bit like a doormat - she has to help out while ...Show more
Faraway Girl by Fleur Beale
$24.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
A contemporary novel for teenagers with mysterious goings on, time travel, a curse and a strange painting. Etta is worried about her brother, Jamie. The doctors can find nothing wrong with him, but he is getting weaker by the day. At breakfast one morning, he seems to have lost it completely - in a voi ...Show more
Fierce September by Fleur Beale
$19.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Juno 2 | Reading Level: very good
Juno and the Taris inhabitants must leave their dying island. The young people look forward to a wider life Outside, but Outside too has its problems. It is two-year-old Hera, with her uncanny ability to foresee events, who saves the Taris people from the injury and death prepared for them by an undergr ...Show more
Heart of Danger (Juno #3) by Fleur Beale
$19.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Juno
Juno and her family arrive at their new home, but almost immediately danger threatens Hera and they move to Willem's protection in New Plymouth, the city Juno most hoped to avoid. Fairlands school is too like Taris, and Hilto's son Thomas is a pupil there. The handsome Ivor is also there and soon begins ...Show more
I am Not Esther by Fleur Beale
$22.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: The Pilgrim Family | Reading Level: good
A classic bestseller that's been in print for over 20 years, this gripping YA thriller follows a teenage girl caught in a religious cult. Imagine that your mother tells you she's going away. She is going to leave you with relatives you've never heard of - and they are members of a strict religious cult. ...Show more
I am Rebecca by Fleur Beale
$20.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: The Pilgrim Family | Reading Level: very good
Life inside a religious cult becomes too much for 16-year-old Rebecca when she finds out who she is to marry. When she turns 14, Rebecca will find out who she is to marry. All the girls in her strict religious sect must be married just after their 16th birthdays.Her twin sister Rachel desperately wants ...Show more
Juno of Taris (#1) by Fleur Beale
$19.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Juno
Juno, a young teen on the verge of adulthood, struggles with her need to fit in and belong and her growing discomfort and questioning of her society's rules. Juno lives in the not-too-distant future on Taris, a bubble-covered island in the Pacific, to which a few hundred people fled when Earth's inhabit ...Show more
Lacey and the Drama Queens by Fleur Beale
$19.50 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
Prequel to Lucky for Some. Meet Lacey Turner again, at a younger age. Remember how Lacey had a passion for dancing in Lucky for Some? This book tells how she developed that passion. Lacey is firmly ensconced in her world. Her best friend Vanessa lives across the road and they do everything together. The ...Show more
Lacey and the Drama Queens by Fleur Beale
$17.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
DoP October 2009, Auckland 168pp Softcover Lacey and her best (and bossy) friend Vanessa do everything together, including dance lessons. But after Lacey's trip to Perth to be a flowergirl (wearing the dress from hell!), their friendship starts to crack up, especially when a new girl at school, Be ...Show more