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My Brother's Name is Jessica by John Boyne
$21.00 NZD
Category: Early Teen
Sam Waver's life has always been pretty quiet. A bit of a loner, he struggles to make friends, and his busy parents often make him feel invisible. Luckily for Sam, his older brother, Jason, has always been there for him. Sam idolises Jason, who seems to have life sorted - he's kind, popular, amazing at ...Show more
Next of Kin by John Boyne
$26.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas comes John Boyne's Next of Kin It is 1936, and London is abuzz with gossip about the affair between King Edward VIII and Mrs. Simpson. Owen Montignac, the handsome and charismatic scion of a wealthy family, is anxiously awaiti ...Show more
Noah Barleywater Runs Away by John Boyne
$29.99 NZD
Category: Early Teen | Reading Level: very good
In "Noah Barleywater Runs Away", bestselling author John Boyne explores the world of childhood and the adventures that we can all have there. Noah is running away from his problems, or at least that's what he thinks, the day he takes the untrodden path through the forest. When he comes across a very unu ...Show more
Noah Barleywater Runs Away by John Boyne
$19.99 NZD
Category: Early Teen
Noah is running away from his problems the day he takes the untrodden path through the forest - or at least that's what he thinks. When he comes across a very unusual toyshop and meets the even more unusual toymaker, he's not sure what to expect. But the toymaker has a story to tell, a story full of adv ...Show more
Stay Where You Are And Then Leave by John Boyne
$19.99 NZD
Category: Early Teen
Part of a stunning new design partnership between Puffin and the Imperial War Museum, this is an unforgettable story from the bestselling author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. This special edition features a foreword from Eoin Colfer.The day the First World War broke out, Alfie Summerfield's father ...Show more
Stay Where You Are and Then Leave (HB) by John Boyne
$24.00 NZD
Category: Children's books
Part of a stunning new design partnership between Puffin and the Imperial War Museum, this is an unforgettable story from the bestselling author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. This special edition features a foreword from Eoin Colfer. The day the First World War broke out, Alfie Summerfield's fathe ...Show more
Stay Where You are and Then Leave by John Boyne
$26.99 NZD
Category: Early Teen
The day the First World War broke out, Alfie Summerfield's father promised he wouldn't go away to fight - but he broke that promise the following day. Four years later, Alfie doesn't know where his father might be, other than that he's away on a special, secret mission. Then, while shining shoes at King ...Show more
The Absolutist by John Boyne
$27.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
September 1919-20 year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver a clutch of letters to Marian Bancroft. Tristan fought alongside Marian's brother Will during the Great War. They trained together. They fought together.But in 1917, Will laid down his guns on the battlefield, decl ...Show more
The Absolutist by John Boyne
$14.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: Adult
September 1919-20 year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver a clutch of letters to Marian Bancroft. Tristan fought alongside Marian's brother Will during the Great War. They trained together. They fought together.But in 1917, Will laid down his guns on the battlefield, decl ...Show more
The Absolutist by John Boyne
$39.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
September 1919: 20 year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver some letters to Marian Bancroft. Tristan fought alongside Marian's brother Will during the Great War but in 1917, Will laid down his guns on the battlefield, declared himself a conscientious objector and was shot ...Show more
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by John Boyne
$21.00 NZD
Category: Early Teen
When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his Aunt Beatrix, a servant in a wealthy household at the top of the German mountains. But this is no ordinary time, for it is 1935 and the Second World War is fast approaching; and this is no ordinary house, for this is ...Show more
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by John Boyne
$21.00 NZD
Category: Early Teen
The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by John Boyne, the author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, is another extraordinary historical fiction about World War II and innocence in the face of evil. When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his aunt Beatrix, a ser ...Show more