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Odysseus by Ken Catran
$19.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children | Series: Young Adult S.
Odysseusâ voyages are known throughout the land; poets recite his dangerous and heroic adventures. But what really happenedT Told by Odysseus himself, we discover the real stories.
Red Leader Down by Ken Catran
$18.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children
When 17-year-old Matt dreams that he is a World War 2 pilot in a dogfight against the Germans, something strange happens. Was it a dream? Because later that morning, the family gets news that Grandad died at exactly that time, 3.15 a.m. This is the beginning of a bewildering set of adventures, into whic ...Show more
Seal Boy by Ken Catran
$18.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children
This historical young adult fiction title is about a boy who is shangaied onto a whaling ship in the early 1880s. The boy, Emmett Tyler (the second), is the son of a wealthy Boston banker and merchant. He is 14 years old, a good-looking and athletic boy, about to go to an exclusive college.Emmett yearns ...Show more
Smiling Jack by Ken Catran
$23.50 NZD
Category: Fiction - YA
Robert lives in a small, prosperous rural town where his father is a respected and trusted pillar of the local community and financial advisor to the eccentric but essentially harmless community of Atenists who live nearby. When his father and uncle are killed in a road accident Robert's comfortable wor ...Show more
Something Weird about Mr Foster by Ken Catran
$15.50 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children | Reading Level: 8-13
Something Weird About Mr Foster is a fast moving short story,a first taste of sci-fi for the young reader. The hero Joe Bennett does a little growing & matures in his outlook on life as he tackles his biggest problem yet, he discovers that his form teacher is from outer space. Easy to read fiction t ...Show more
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ken Catran
$17.00 NZD
$18.99 (10% off)
Category: Fiction - YA | Reading Level: 12+
And that something wicked is Brad Foster,the town of Crossing's Mr Cool...
Summer Tiger by Ken Catran
$19.99 NZD
Category: Fiction - YA
Amber reluctantly spends the summer with her uncle and twin cousins at their NZ wildlife park. Strange things are happening.Is someone trying to sabotage the park?.No one knows who to trust.
Taken at the Flood by Ken Catran
$16.95 NZD
$18.99 (10% off)
Category: New Zealand titles - children
This is the story of two New Zealand teenage survivors of a massive earth-wide disaster. A meteor has struck Earth causing tidal waves and volcanoes throughout the world. The world teeters on destruction so complete that the survivors will be back in the Stone Age. Bruce and Karen face the challenges of ...Show more
Voyage With Jason by Ken Catran
$20.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - senior | Reading Level: Teen - Grade 7-9, Age 12-14
Book of the Year, 2001 New Zealand Post Children's Books Awards, and winner of the Senior Fiction Section. Shortlisted for the 2001 LIANZA Esther Glen Medal. Ken Catran's masterly retelling and reinterpretation of an ancient story offers readers an exciting as well as thought provoking narrative, full ...Show more