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March 2012 Release

This division of Wheelers Books features titles published in or about Pacific region. This in-depth coverage includes mainstream publishers and smaller specialist publishers. View our recently added titles.

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List of titles published from 26 February to 25 March 2012.

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The Red Poppy
 

The Red Poppy (Hardback, Contains Hardback and CD-Audio)

By Hill, David; Illustrated by Colston, Fifi; Other primary creator Kennedy, Rob

  • RRP: $26.99
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Young soldier Jim McLeod waits in the trenches of World War I for the order to attack the enemy. With him are his friends, and Nipper, the messenger dog. When they charge across no-man's-land, Jim is shot ...and finds himself face to face with an enemy soldier.

ISBN 9781869439989
Published 1 March 2012 by Scholastic
Interest Age 6-9 years
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Demolition
 

Demolition (Hardback)

By Sutton, Sally; Illustrated by Lovelock, Brian

  • RRP: $27.99
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Swing the ball. Swing the ball. Thump and smash and whack. Bring the top floors tumbling down. Bang! Clang! Crack! Load the trucks. Load the trucks. Lift and shift and heap. Drive away the piles of junk. Whump! Whop! Beep! Busy workers and noisy machines demolish an old building ...

ISBN 9781921529269
Published 1 March 2012 by Walker Books Australia
Interest Age 2-6 years
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Quesnoy, Le: The Story of the Town New Zealand Saved
 

Quesnoy, Le: The Story of the Town New Zealand Saved (Paperback)

By Harper, Glyn; Illustrated by Cooper, Jenny

Le Quesnoy (pronounced Ler kay nwah) is a town in northern France. It is surrounded by high walls and deep trenches. In World War I it was occupied by the German army for four long years. In November 1918 the town was liberated by soldiers from far-away New Zealand. Because these ...

ISBN 9780143504566
Published 23 March 2012 by Penguin
Interest Age 6-12 years
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Treats from Little and Friday
 

Treats from Little and Friday (Hardback)

By Evans, Kim

You know you're on to something when the queue for a cafe stretches out to the pavement most weekends. So it is at Little and Friday's two Auckland locations. Those in the know flock to the Little and Friday stores in Takapuna and Newmarket for addictive cream-filled donuts, butt ...

ISBN 9780143567127
Published 23 March 2012 by Penguin
Interest Age All ages
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When Empire Calls
 

When Empire Calls (Paperback)

By Catran, Ken

  • RRP: $14.56
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It's early days in the Boer War and the small farming community of Huia is gripped by patriotic fervour. Men, young and old, are eager to join up and head overseas to fight the 'evil scoundrel folk in Africa who opposed the British Empire and had to be taught a lesson'. When his ...

ISBN 9781869435554
Published 1 March 2012 by Scholastic
Interest Age 6-12 years
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The Eels of Anzac Bridge
 

The Eels of Anzac Bridge (Paperback)

By Foster, Ali; Illustrated by Walker, Viv

  • RRP: $14.94
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A delightfully told and illustrated story that interweaves the story of eels migrating across the ocean from a New Zealand river near an historic bridge commemorating the soldiers who lost their lives when they also travelled thousands of miles to fight in the Great War. The stor ...

ISBN 9780958261777
Published 1 March 2012
Interest Age 0-12 years
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The Occupiers: New Zealand Veterans Remember Post-war Japan
  

The Occupiers: New Zealand Veterans Remember Post-war Japan (Paperback)

By Parr, Alison

  • RRP: $34.99
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Twelve thousand New Zealand men and women served in the occupation of Japan immediately after the Second World War. This book records memories from those we know as 'J Force'. Based on revealing interviews with soldiers, airmen, nurses and members of the New Zealand Women's Army ...

ISBN 9780143567240
Published 23 March 2012 by Penguin
Interest Age Young Adults
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Uncle Trev and His Whistling Bull
 

Uncle Trev and His Whistling Bull (Paperback)

By Lasenby, Jack

  • RRP: $14.99
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It's the 1930s. Our storyteller is crook in bed trying to get over a long sickness and wanting to go back to school, when Uncle Trev arrives to let Mum go out and do the shopping. Uncle Trev tells one story after another about the animals out on his farm, and about his neighbour ...

ISBN 9781877467158
Published 2 March 2012 by Gecko Press
Interest Age 11-14 years
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The Day She Cradled Me
  

The Day She Cradled Me (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By de Bazin, Sacha

  • RRP: $28.37
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A fascinating novel based on the life of the infamous baby farmer Minnie Dean, the only woman in NZ history ever to be hanged. Accused of infanticide and awaiting trial and then sentence, Minnie confides in the Reverend Lindsay. Alternating between these two contrasting personali ...

ISBN 9781869797744
Published 2 March 2012 by Random House
Interest Age Young Adults
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Five Foot and Fearless: A Woman on the Front Line in New Zealand
  

Five Foot and Fearless: A Woman on the Front Line in New Zealand (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By Williams, Liz

'I don't think I can actually remember a time in policing when I didn't want to join the Armed Offenders Squad. My early reasons for joining probably weren't the purest, though - I just thought they looked really cool.' Five Foot and Fearless is the inspiring story of Liz William ...

ISBN 9780143566939
Published 23 March 2012 by Penguin
Interest Age Young Adults
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