Long Walk To Freedom; Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

2018 is the centenary of Nelson Mandela's birth 'The authentic voice of Mandela shines through this book . . . humane, dignified and magnificently unembittered' The Times The riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time, A Long Walk to Freedom brilliantly re-creates the dra...

The Secret Garden (PB)

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Includes character guide, which-character-are-you quiz, story quiz, info on the real secret garden, author info, historical background, garden activities, and glossary ""People never like me and I never like people," Mary thought." When Mary Lennox is sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle e...

Conrad Cooper's Last Stand

Leonie Agnew

Set in 1978 against the Bastion Point occupation, Conrad Cooper's Last Stand is junior fiction full of humour but with a powerful core. Award-winning author Leonie Agnew has created a surprising, brave and totally engaging novel for young readers. Dear Tane, I've never prayed to a god, so hope this is o...

Snot Chocolate

Morris Gleitzman

"A collection of short stories in the popular style of Morris's Give Peas a Chance and Pizza Cake - except, of course, even funnier! In the title story, a kid struggles to save the career and reputation of a parent afflicted with chronic unconscious nose-picking. "...