10 pm question by De Goldi, Kate 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2010)

BTSB #: P01125 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   


Genres:

Subjects: Questions and answers - Fiction Worry - Fiction New Zealand - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Frankie Parsons has a quirky family, a wonderful best friend, and a head full of worrying questions that he shares with his mother each night, but when free-spirited Sydney arrives at school with questions of her own, Frankie is forced to face the ultimate ten p.m. question.

Dawn raid by Smith, Pauline Vaeluaga 

BTSB Prebound(Levine Querido, 2021)

BTSB #: 827096 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   


Genres: Family Life Multicultural Historical Fiction

Subjects: Polynesians - New Zealand - Fiction Family life - Fiction Immigration and emigration - Fiction Protest movements - Fiction Diary fiction New Zealand - Fiction

Summary: After the police raid their house, Lenny starts talking about protests and injustices against Pacific Islanders by the government, which inspires the whole family to become involved in the movement.

Thea Stilton and the cave of stars [Thea Stilton Volume: #36]by Stilton, Thea 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic, 2023)

BTSB #: 855228 Available

Dewey: FAges: 7-10   


Genres: Chapter Books Mystery Fiction Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Mice - Fiction Skeleton - Fiction Mystery fiction Friendship - Fiction Voyages and travels - Fiction New Zealand - Fiction

Summary: Join Thea Stilton and the Thea Sisters on an adventure packed with mystery and friendship! The Thea Sisters are going to New Zealand! Their new friend Charlotte wants to show them the sights and introduce them to Didi, a skeleton of a bird that went extinct many years ago. But when they get to the mouseum, Didi has gone missing! Can they find the stolen skeleton before it is too late?

Treasure of Mad Doc Magee by Teele, Elinor 

BTSB Prebound(Walden Pond Press, 2018)

BTSB #: 874438 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.2 MG RC: 4.3 3-5 Lexile: 700

Genres: Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Gold - Fiction Buried treasure - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Adventure fiction New Zealand - Fiction

Summary: Jenny and her best friend, Pandora, are going to track down the legendary treasure of Mad Doc Magee: a gold nugget big enough to solve all of their problems.

Whale rider by Ihimaera, Witi Tame 

Audio Book(Findaway World, LLC, 2009)

BTSB #: P00601 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-18   


Genres:

Subjects: Maori (New Zealand people) - Fiction Human-animal relationship - Fiction Whales - Fiction Grandfathers - Fiction New Zealand - Fiction

Summary: Eight-year old Kahu craves her great-grandfather's love and attention. But he's focused on his duties as Chief of a tribe that claims descent from the legendary "whale rider". In every generation since the whale rider, a male has inherited the title of chief. But now there is no male heir -- there's only Kahu. She should be next in line for the title, but her great-grandfather is blinded by tradition and sees no use for a girl. Kahu will not be ignored. And in her struggle she has a unique ally: the whale rider himself.