Books
9-12 years
SAHWIRA: AN AFRICAN FRIENDSHIP
By Carolyn Marsden
Illustrated by Philip Matzigkeit
NS-HB, AUS $27.95, NZ $31.99
Set in a volatile Southern Rhodesia in the 1960s, this dramatic story, narrated from alternating viewpoints, tells of an interracial friendship tested.
SAMURAI KIDS BOOK 5: FIRE LIZARD
By Sandy Fussell
Illustrated by Rhian Nest James
NS-PB, AUS $15.95, NZ $17.99
The fith instalment in a unique series about a special group of kids training in the ways of the samurai
SAVAGE
By David Almond
Illustrated by Dave McKean
NS-PB, AUS $16.95, NZ $19.99
A uniquely presented and touching tale from a master storyteller and a visionary artist.
SCREAM STREET BOOK 13: FLAME OF THE DRAG
By Tommy Donbavand
NS-PB, AUS $13.95, NZ $15.99
The thirteenth and final crazy adventure in this hugely popular comedy horror series for ghouls and girls!
SECRETS OF GREYMOOR
By Clara Gillow Clark
NS-HB, AUS $27.95, NZ $31.99
In this nineteenth-century mystery, a spunky girl strives to decipher a code in order to recover her family s lost fortune.
SHAMANKA
By Jeanne Willis
NS-PB, AUS $17.95, NZ $21.99
Join Sam on her thrilling quest to discover the meaning of magic and uncover the secrets behind famous magic tricks, illusions and other mysterious skills.
SLOG'S DAD
By David Almond
Illustrated by Dave McKean
NS-HB, AUS $27.95, NZ $31.99
Part story, part graphic novel a tender slice of life and death from the creators of The Savage.
SOUTH BY SOUTH EAST
By Anthony Horowitz
NS-PB, AUS $15.95, NZ $17.99
The Diamond Brothers - the world's worst private-detective agency - are in deadly danger in this novel from the creator of the bestselling Alex Rider series.
STAR JUMPS
By Lorraine Marwood
NS-PB, AUS $15.95, NZ $17.99
A warm narrative verse-novel about a family s life on the farm during harsh times.
STORY OF BRITAIN, THE
By Patrick Dillon
Illustrated by Pj Lynch
NS-HB, AUS $39.95, NZ $51.99
A definitive history of Britain which tells the story of two islands, Britain and Ireland, and all the people, Scottish, Irish, Welsh and English, who have lived in them.