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Alex
The moving and inspiring story of Alex, a champion swimmer. Alex is swimming to qualify for the Olympic Games. In the past year she has fallen in love and has known what it is to lose – in swimming and in life. Alex faces intense competition and will have to swim the race of her life to achieve her dream.
Carpet of Dreams
When Sara goes to stay with her grandmother she never imagines that the old Turkish carpet in the spare room would reveal quite so many secrets and teach her so much about her Turkish grandmother's past life.
Hot Mail
Dan (struggling with small town life in Northland and searching out blonde jokes on the net) starts on an email correspondence with Jess (14, lonely and scared on a year-long Pacific voyage with her family as the hurricane season approaches). As Jess heads southwards their emails build up, and they get to know each other. And swap more jokes.
Is She Still Alive?
Is she still alive?: scintillating tales for women of a certain age. In 2003 tessa Duder spent six months in Europe as the recipient of the Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship. Internationally renowned for her superb childrens' and young adult novels, tessa used her time in Menton to write something very different. the result is a superb collection of thirteen stories for women who have moved beyond youth and into maturity, who have seen and experienced much of what life has to offer, and wear their years with pride. the wonderful, wise and witty women she 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 still alive is the question women of a certain age hear all too often - in tessa Duder's wonderful new stories the answer is a resounding yes.
Alex in Winter
Tragedy has entered Alex's life, and during the long winter she tries to cope with grief and uncertainty about her future. But this time the battle is within herself - and something only Alex can win.
Jellybean
The only child of a single mother, Geraldine is tired of having to fit into her mother's busy orchestra schedule, but things begin to change when she discovers a new friend and an ambition to be a conductor.
The Sparrow
An exciting new novel from the author of Alex. In September 1840, two ships arrive on the shores of the Waitemata harbour to establish Auckland, the new capital of New Zealand. Among the settlers on board the Platina is young Harry, travelling alone and determined to return to family in England. But finding food and shelter is a more immediate challenge. As is hiding the truth about Harry's real identity and what has been left behind in Van Diemen's Land.
The Whole Intimate Mess
‘I began to pull the threads of my experience back together. Instead of divergent stories about public failure, private torment, and postnatal distress, I started telling myself a united story: the truth, or as close as I could get to it.’ A Rhodes scholar and former Green MP, Holly Walker tells the story of how she became one of New Zealand’s youngest parliamentarians, how motherhood intervened, and how she found solace and solidarity in the writings of women. This short book makes a passionate case for the role of literature in political change and personal resilience, and for the importance of women’s voices in the public sphere.
Personal Best
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Out on the Water
A master storyteller conjures up twelve tales to delight and educate younger readers about finding confidence and fun on the sea.
