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Wild Thing
She's a demon child She's not meek and mild She's wild! Kate has a problem. It's called Wild Thing. Wild Thing is Kate's little sister. Kate's tried to get her rid of her, but the problem is no-one else would have her. When Wild Thing's not getting things stuck up her nose, she's biting people's bottoms and scaring the neighbours. All in all, she's a pain in the bum - quite literally. So when it's time for Wild Thing to start school, Kate is understandably nervous - especially when Wild Thing comes downstairs dressed in her favourite Rock Chick outfit (complete with wig...). On her first day at school Wild Thing: refuses to sit down, plays air guitar while the other children are singing sweetly, and chops her hair off in Arts and Crafts. She's so wild she even gets into the local newspaper! But when an intruder breaks into their house late at night, Kate realises it might not be such a bad thing having a wild sister after all. In fact, she quite likes having her around. One thing's for sure, there's nobody quite like Wild Thing.
Wild Thing 02: Wild Thing and Hound Dog
She's a demon child She's not meek and mild She's wild! Wild Thing and Kate want a dog. So when Dad's friend, Wes, goes on tour in America with his band, Wild Thing volunteers to look after his trusty Hound Dog. But if there's anything that can make Wild Thing even more noisy, messy, mischievous and downright wild, it's Hound Dog. When Wild Thing starts walking on all fours, barking at the neighbour's cat, and refusing to eat 'human' food, Dad knows that things have got completely out of hand. But then he's invited to join the band in the US, and it's up to Gran to try and discipline Wild Thing and Hound Dog. Kate's too busy rehearsing for the Talent Show. What she doesn't realise is that Wild Thing and Hound Dog have been preparing a special performance of their own...
The Girl from Hard Times Hill
When Megan's father finally returns from Occupied Germany in the years following World War II, she should be pleased – shouldn't she? But she hardly knows her father, and his arrival means moving out of Nana's house into the city. Megan hates the changes to her life, yet when she has the opportunity to be the first member of her working-class family to go to Grammar School, it is her dad who is behind her all the way. Can Megan adapt to her new life, and take advantage of a changing Britain?
I Am in Bed with You
A bold, playful, poetic exploration of sex, gender, and identity. "I am in bed with you. The room varies. But I'm always on the left. I am pulling the pieces of myself into myself. In the winter I left myself behind in the 90s. I'm coming back now. You can see the light touching me. I can see layers of tissue finally making a body. And once I have a body I have a head. And in my head are these thoughts." —From 'I am in bed with you' Playful and fluid but completely serious, Emma Barnes's surreal phantasmagoria I Am in Bed with You leads us through the very personal worlds of sex, gender, and the body. Barnes cracks jokes, makes us uncomfortable, shows us a little tenderness, leaves a lot unsaid, and does it all with language that provokes and confounds. 'I'm a mentally ill, / married, chronically ill, queer woman with two feet underground,' the author reveals. 'I birth Sigourney Weaver's android baby,' they tell us next. This collection is personal and fantastical, funny and excruciating. It's poetry in the process of unravelling most of what you thought you knew.
Mr Keynes' Revolution
The first novel about one of the twentieth century's most remarkable figures - John Maynard Keynes. "Since the war, everything's changed. But how far can you push people? Until they rise up and throw the government down?" When the brilliant Maynard Keynes walks out on the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, he seems destined to obscurity. But in the crisis-ridden 1920s, he soon finds himself back on the public stage. A man of fierce intelligence but hidden susceptibilities, he is not afraid to speak the truth or hold the powerful to account, in a world on the brink of collapse. Ballerina Lydia Lopokova has fled the Russian Revolution and is now seeking her own personal salvation. The last thing ...
Wolfie
Lucie has always wanted a dog, but her Uncle Joe brings her a wolf instead. Lucie soon realises that her new pet has magical powers and as she grows to love Wolfie, she also realises she has to protect her new companion.
Slammerkin
Discover the stunning historical novel from the award-winning author of Learned by Heart - perfect for fans of Affinity, Alias Grace and The Confessions of Frannie Langton Set in London and Monmouth in the late 1700s, this is an extraordinary novel about Mary Saunders, the young daughter of a poor seamstress. Mary hungers greedily for fine clothes and ribbons, as people of her class do for food and warmth. It's a hunger that lures her into prostitution at the age of thirteen. Mary is thrown out by her distraught mother when she gets pregnant and almost dies on the dangerous streets of London. Her saviour is Doll - a prostitute. Mary roams London freely with Doll, selling her body to all manner of 'cullies', dressed whorishly in colourful, gaudy dresses with a painted red smile. Faced with bad debts and threats upon her life she eventually flees to Monmouth, her mother's hometown, where she attempts to start a new life as a maid in Mrs Jones's house. But Mary soon discovers that she can't escape her past and just how dearly people like her pay for yearnings not fitting to their class in society...
Out Here
A remarkable anthology of queer New Zealand voices. We became teenagers in the nineties when New Zealand felt a lot less cool about queerness and gender felt much more rigid. We knew instinctively that hiding was the safest strategy. But how to find your community if you're hidden? Aotearoa is a land of extraordinary queer writers, many of whom have contributed to our rich literary history. But you wouldn't know it. Decades of erasure and homophobia have rendered some of our most powerful writing invisible. Out Here will change that. This landmark book brings together and celebrates queer New Zealand writers from across the gender and LGBTQIA+ spectrum with a generous selection of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and much, much more. From established names to electrifying newcomers, the cacophony of voices brought together in Out Here sing out loud and proud, ensuring that future generations of queers are afforded the space to tell their stories and be themselves without fear of retribution or harm.
The Thief of Bracken Farm
Great value picture storybooks. Enchanting stories accompanied by beautiful illustrations make these storybooks appealing and collectable. Featuring stunning original artwork by innovative illustrators, age-appropriate language, plus notes for parents and teachers.
