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The Fat Man by Maurice Gee
$19.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - senior | Reading Level: 13+
When people like Herbert Muskie take up residence in your mind, there's nothing you can do to get them out. Colin Potter is a skinny boy, hungry for chocolate. Herbert Muskie is enormously fat, hungry for revenge. A dramatic encounter down at the creek forges an unhappy alliance between the vindictive m ...Show more
The Fire-Raiser by Maurice Gee
$16.95 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children | Reading Level: very good
He let the matchstick burn, knowing the power in his hand...flame filled the inside of his head. It ran along his arteries. It licked around his bones.Kitty Wix is knocked over as a strange loping figure is seen fleeing the burning stables. But who is the 'fire-raiser' and why is he creating such terror ...Show more
The Halfmen of O by Maurice Gee
$14.95 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children | Series: Puffin Books | Reading Level: very good
On holiday, Susan is spirited away down a disused mineshaft by Odo and his Deathguard. Her dangerous adventures provide exciting fantasy for older readers. Winner of the New Zealand Children's Book of the Year Award 1982 Paperback (A Format)
The Halfmen of O (#1 The O Trilogy) by Maurice Gee
$18.00 NZD
$22.00 (18% off)
Category: Fiction - YA | Series: O Trilogy | Reading Level: good
'Nick had seen the birthmark on Susan's wrist. It had two parts. Each was shaped like a tear drop, curved like a moon. One was bright red and the other golden brown.' Susan had always been a bit odd and never really got on with her cousin Nick, but the mark on her wrist draws them together in a frighten ...Show more
The Limping Man (Salt #3) by Maurice Gee
$21.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - senior | Series: Salt Trilogy | Reading Level: Very Good
The third instalment of Maurice Gee's breathtaking Salt series - now rejacketed. What is the source of the Limping Man's monstrous power? Nobody can withstand it, a soft crawling that seeps into your skin and wriggles into your mind, making you powerless with love for him even as his cruelties multiply ...Show more
The Priests of Ferris by Maurice Gee
$14.95 NZD
Category: New Zealand titles - children | Series: The World of O 2 | Reading Level: good
Out of Print edition Susan Ferris and her cousin Nick return to the world of O, which they had saved from the evil Halfmen, only to discover that a hundred years have passed and O is now ruled by cruel and ruthless priests. Susan is inspired by the dreams and prophecies related to her, to face the most ...Show more
The Priests of Ferris (#2 The O Trilogy) by Maurice Gee
$18.00 NZD
$21.00 (14% off)
Category: Fiction - YA | Series: O Trilogy | Reading Level: good-very good
Susan Ferris and her cousin Nick return to the land of O, which they had saved from the evil Halfmen, only to discover that a hundred years have passed and O is now ruled by cruel and ruthless priests. Susan is inspired by dreams and prophecies to face the most dreadful dangers and free the inhabitants ...Show more
The Severed Land by Maurice Gee
$20.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - senior | Reading Level: very good
This gripping, page-turning fantasy adventure follows a dangerous quest through a divided world. From the high reaches of a tree, Fliss watches the soldiers attempting yet again to break through the invisible wall. Amid the explosions, a drummer boy tries to escape. As he is about to be shot, Fliss reac ...Show more
The World Around The Corner by Maurice Gee
$18.00 NZD
$18.99 (5% off)
Category: New Zealand titles - children
When Caroline discovers an old pair of spectacles in her father's junk shop she has no idea how important they are. Even when she puts them on and sees things very differently, she doesn't guess that the safety of another world depends on them. In a race against time, Caroline has to tackle the ghastly ...Show more
Under the Mountain by Maurice Gee
$21.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - middle | Reading Level: very good
Beneath the extinct volcanoes surrounding the city, giant creatures are waking from a spellbound sleep that has lasted thousands of years. Their goal is the destruction of the world. Rachel and Theo Matheson are twins. Apart from having red hair, there is nothing remarkable about them - or so they think ...Show more