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Alex - The Quartet by Tessa Duder
$49.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Reading Level: good
The award-winning Alex books, which first appeared in the 1980s, are to be reprinted in one omnibus edition in October 2019. Tessa Duder's series covers Alex Archer's life from early in 1959, vying for selection for the Rome Olympics, her struggles during the winter of 1960, her experiences in Rome in A ...Show more
Alex in Rome by Tessa Duder
$16.95 NZD
Category: NZ Children & Young Adult
Alex is in Rome, for the Olympic Games. First published 1992.
Down to the Sea Again: True stories for young New Zealanders by Tessa Duder (ed)
$19.99 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
Tessa Duder has edited two very successful collections of marine stories for adults, Salt Beneath the Skin and Seduced by the Sea, and has now produced a similar high quality collection of non-fiction for younger children, who also have a bit of saltwater in their veins.In this anthology of stories abou ...Show more
First Map: How James Cook Charted Aotearoa New Zealand by Tessa Duder and David Elliot
$49.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
The story of how James Cook charted Aotearoa New Zealand, lavishly produced and richly illustrated. Since it was published by the Admiralty in 1816, James Cook's chart of New Zealand has long been regarded as one of the most extraordinary achievements in the history of cartography. First Map: How James ...Show more
Is She Still Alive? by Tessa Duder
$36.99 NZD
Category: NZ Fiction
Scintillating tales for women of a certain age. The wonderful, wise and witty women Tessa Duder has created will strike a chord with their tales of loves and dreams they have lived and lost, their tragedies and their triumphs and most of all, their enduring spirit and often unexpected strength. Is she s ...Show more
Jellybean by Tessa Duder
$16.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
Jellybean tells the story of a lonely girl, Geraldine, nicknamed Jellybean, whose unconventional single mother is uncomfortably different from all her schoolmates' mothers - a professional musician who plays in the orchestra and a jazz band. So when a stranger comes into their life and Jellybean finds t ...Show more
Margaret Mahy: A Writer's Life by Tessa Duder
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoir
A literary portrait of New Zealand's best-loved children's author Margaret Mahy's death on 23 July 2012 brought forth an unprecedented outpouring of grief and heartfelt tributes from around New Zealand and the world. Her passing at 76 was breaking news in the media, unstoppable through the social networ ...Show more
Night Race to Kawau by Tessa Duder
$19.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Reading Level: very good
What started as an exciting challenge turns into a nightmare when a gale unexpectedly blows up during the night race to Kawau Island. Sam and her mother suddenly find themselves in charge of their yacht with a dangerous task ahead of them. Will Sam be able to save her family?
Out of the Deep: and Other Stories from New Zealand and Around the Pacific by Tessa Duder
$34.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: Raupo Series
This anthology of 16 stories was commissioned to mark the 2 April 2007 celebration of International Children's Book Day. Fifteen writers were invited to submit works for the book, and the majority of the stories have been written specifically for this project. The authors are drawn from New Zealand ...Show more
Out on the Water: Twelve Tales from the Sea by Tessa Duder
$32.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
Ten short stories, and two longer historical ones, bring to life the thrills and challenges of sailing, paddling and travelling on the seas around New Zealand. Accompanied by Bruce Potter's vivid illustrations, these are the work a world-class children's writer with an intimate knowledge of the sea. For ...Show more
Tiggie Tompson All at Sea by Tessa Duder
$16.95 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Reading Level: very good
Tiggie Tompson has won a coveted role in a 19th century TV drama. But then she becomes embroiled in her own family drama, including emails from an unknown half-brother with unpleasant news. TiggieâÂÂs TV character, the aristocratic young Eliza, edges into her waking thoughts and their two stories are ...Show more
Tiggie Tompson's Longest Journey by Tessa Duder
$16.95 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult
Tiggie's traumatic role as the spirited 19th century emigrant Eliza Matthews in the TV drama The Longest Journey is threatening to spill over into her real-life relationships. How will she cope with the handsome actor playing Eliza's attacker? Or with boyfriend Gareth who gets a job on set? She's also c ...Show more