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The Cay

The Cay (Paperback, New edition)

By Taylor, Theodore; Illustrated by McKendry, Kenny

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Timothy's story takes the reader back to 1884 and the Afro-Caribbean community of his childhood, and traces his life from his first trip as a cabin boy to his signing up for the ill-fated boat on which he was to meet Philip.

ISBN 9780140366204
Published 1 February 1995 by Penguin
Interest Age 9-14 years
Series Puffin Modern Classics
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Mission Girl: Paihia, c.1840
  

Mission Girl: Paihia, c.1840 (Paperback)

By Beale, Fleur

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Atapo begins her story that leads from her capture and slavery as a young child through to her escape to the Mission House in the Bay of Islands as a 14-year-old. Here she learns the new ways and language that means she is present at the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.

ISBN 9781869439897
Published 22 July 2010 by Scholastic
Interest Age 6-12 years
Series My New Zealand Story
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Let Me Whisper You My Story

Let Me Whisper You My Story (Paperback)

By Simons, Moya

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From the author of Hello God, a beautifully written and moving story that looks at one of the most horrifying episodes in our world's history through the eyes of a young girl. Ages 13+.

ISBN 9780732288587
Published 4 June 2010 by HarperCollins
Interest Age 13-16 years
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Gold!: Otago, 1862
 

Gold!: Otago, 1862 (Paperback)

By Cartwright, Pauline

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Gold has been discovered in the Otago hills and Mary is sure her father will be there. If only she can find him, she is sure their troubles will be over. My New Zealand Story is a series of vividly imagined accounts of life in the past ... making history come alive.

ISBN 9781869439903
Published 22 July 2010 by Scholastic
Interest Age 6-12 years
Series My New Zealand Story
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Into the Gauntlet: 10

Into the Gauntlet: 10 (Paperback)

By Haddix, Margaret Peterson

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39 Clues 10 .

ISBN 9780545060509
Published 27 August 2010 by Scholastic
Interest Age 8-12 years
Series 39 Clues
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Castaway: Disappointment Island, 1907
  

Castaway: Disappointment Island, 1907 (Paperback)

By O'Brien, Bill

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Samuel, the keeper of this diary, is 13 when he signs on as a cabin boy aboard a vessel bound for Sydney. The barque Dundonald sinks off Disappointment Island in the ocean south of New Zealand on 6 March 1907. Fifteen survivors endure a harsh winter on this remote island until th ...

ISBN 9781869439910
Published 22 July 2010 by Scholastic
Interest Age 6-12 years
Series My New Zealand Story
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The Horse Who Bit A Bushranger

The Horse Who Bit A Bushranger (Paperback)

By French, Jackie

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The deeds and disputed stories of Jackie French's own ancestors inspire another novel - a novel of proud and gutsy horses, trailblazing farmers and their resilient wives, and desperate men forced to break the law to survive.

ISBN 9780732289287
Published 6 August 2010 by HarperCollins
Interest Age 6-12 years
Series Animal Stars
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The Mine's Afire! : The Journal of Tommy Carter, Brunnerton, 1896
 

The Mine's Afire! : The Journal of Tommy Carter, Brunnerton, 1896 (Paperback)

By Battye, Susan; Eakin, Thelma

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Based around the Brunner Mine Disaster of 1896, the biggest industrial accident in New Zealand's history. In this story, Thomas has been sent a journal from his grandmother back in England, with the request that he fill it in over the following 12 months and then send it back to ...

ISBN 9781869438876
Published 20 April 2009 by Scholastic
Interest Age 9-12 years
Series My Story S.
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Young Samurai: The Way of Fire/Jamie Johnson: Born to Play
   

Young Samurai: The Way of Fire/Jamie Johnson: Born to Play (Paperback, World Book Day ed)

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ISBN 9780956287779
Published 25 February 2010 by World Book Day
Interest Age 9-11 years
Series World Book Day editi
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The Life of a Teenage Body-snatcher
 

The Life of a Teenage Body-snatcher (Paperback)

By MacLeod, Doug

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This is the story of a young man growing up in England in 1828. Thomas Timewell lives a rather sedate life with his mother, but all that changes when he meets a man who steals corpses from cemeteries and sells them to hospitals for dissection. Ages 13+.

ISBN 9780143203919
Published 28 June 2010 by Penguin
Interest Age 13-20 years
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