In My Fathers Den - Maurice Gee

When Celia Inverarity, aged seventeen, is found brutally murdered in a secluded West Auckland park one Sunday afternoon, Paul Prior, her English teacher and mentor, is suspected of being her murderer.

Celia's death and the violence which follows sends Prior back to examine the past - a past that is as secret as his father's den in the old poison shed. Eventually the murderer is exposed, but not before a family has been split apart and old wounds revealed.

Going West - Maurice Gee

For all the promise of his name, Jack Skeat cannot be a poet. His friend Rex Petley - eel-catcher, girl chaser, motorbike rider - takes that prize.

Is he also a murderer?

And why, forty years later, does he drown out on the Gulf? Jack has to find out, and so decades later, is drawn to examine their lives.

Sky Dancer - Witi Ihimaera

Stroppy teenager Skylark O'Shea is on holiday with her mother at a town on the coast. But all is not what it seems. What is the threat facing the town and the birds of the forest? Where do the two old charismatic Maori women Hoki and Bella fit in? Skylark becomes embroiled in a prophecy which, much to her dismay, involves her in an extraordinary journey. Soon she is pitting her wits in a race of breathtaking dimension, a dazzling trip through Maori mythology.

Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy - L Dodd

Mischievous illustrations and rhythmical text by award-winning Lynley Dodd ensure Hairy Maclary's huge popularity and lasting appeal.

Hairy Maclary goes of for a walk with a few of his friends - and comes up against something that gives them all a nasty surprise!

Alexander's Outing - Pamela Allen

'Stay close, take care,' quacked Alexander's mother. But Alexander was a wayward duckling - he straggled behind...and disappeared down a deep dark hole...