A Girl Called Joy (#1) by Jenny Valentine
$18.99 NZD
Category: Empathy | Series: Joy
For readers aged 9+ comes a major new contemporary middle-grade series from award-winning author Jenny Valentine, perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson, Cath Howe and Lara Williamson! Meet ten-year-old Joy Applebloom, a girl with a knack for finding the silver lining in even the darkest of rainclouds. A ...Show more
A Winter's Day in 1939 by Melinda Szymanik
$22.00 NZD
Category: Empathy | Reading Level: very good
Adam is 13 years old and lives with his family on a small farm in rural Poland. It is 1939 and the war has just broken out. Russians invade Poland and confiscate Adam’s family’s house and farm. They are sent to live with another family nearby, but are then moved on and put on a train for a Russian labou ...Show more
Answers in the Pages by David Levithan
$21.00 NZD
Category: Empathy
Donovan is excited to read The Adventurers, the new book Mr Howe has assigned his class. But before he can dig in, his mother gets her hands on it--and she is not excited by what she reads. Soon the whole town is freaking out about whether the book's two main characters are gay, and Donovan is caught i ...Show more
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
$19.99 NZD
Category: Empathy
Read the hilarious coming-of-age classic! Now a major film starring Rachel McAdams (Mean Girls, The Notebook) and Abby Ryder Fortson (Ant-Man). Meet Margaret. She's going through all the same things most teenage girls have to face; fitting in, friendship and first bras. Life isn't easy for Margaret. ...Show more
Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories by R J Palacio
$21.00 NZD
Category: Empathy | Series: Wonder | Reading Level: very good
WONDER tells the story of Auggie Pullman- an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face, whose first year at school changed the lives and the perspectives of everyone around him.AUGGIE & ME is a new side to the WONDER story- three new chapters from three different characters - bully Julian, oldest frie ...Show more
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
$17.99 NZD
Category: Empathy
The classic heartwarming tale from Kate DiCamillo—now with an afterword from the beloved author, reflecting on twenty years in print One summer’s day, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries—and comes home with a dog. But Winn-Dixie is no ordinary dog. It’s b ...Show more
Becoming Brianna: An Emmie & Friends Graphic Novel by Terri Libenson
$20.00 NZD
Category: Empathy | Series: Emmie and Friends
National bestselling author Terri Libenson returns with another endearing, relatable story of friendship and finding confidence. Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Jennifer L. Holm. Middle school is full of challenges. Everyone knows how much brainy Bri likes the spotlight (not). So why did she ev ...Show more
Big Rig by Louise Hawes
$21.00 NZD
Category: Empathy
Life on the road with Daddy is as good as gets for Hazmat. Together, they've been taking jobs and crisscrossing the US for years. Now Daddy's talking about putting down roots-somewhere Hazmat can go to a real school and make friends. Somewhere Daddy doesn't have to mail-order textbooks that talk about " ...Show more
Blended by Sharon M. Draper
$17.99 NZD
Category: Empathy
Eleven-year-old Isabella's blended family is more divided than ever in this "timely but genuine" (Publishers Weekly) story about divorce and racial identity from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Out of My Mind, Sharon M. Draper. Eleven-year-old Isabella's parents are divorced, ...Show more
Brown Bird by Jane Arthur
$20.00 NZD
Category: Empathy
Sometimes it can take one special friend to show you what you’re capable of, even if does take you a while to believe it. Eleven-year-old Rebecca tries to make herself invisible so people won’t call her weird. Resigned to spending the holidays by herself in a new neighbourhood while her mum works long h ...Show more
Buddy's Story by Blake Morgan
$17.99 NZD
Category: Empathy | Series: Dog's Eye View Ser.
Buddy, a service dog, would do absolutely anything to protect his human companion, Noah. So when Noah gets into trouble in the water on a trip to the beach, how can Buddy convince everyone that he isn't to blame? An incredible story of the bond between a dog and his boy, told with waggy-tailed warmth fr ...Show more
Cardboard Cowboys by Brian Conaghan
$18.00 NZD
Category: Empathy
I'm not a genius. Not yet anyway. But Bruce is. Even though I found him living in a house made of cardboard, he's a massive genius. Fact. So this is mine and Bruce's story. You don't have to believe any of it happened, but it did. All of it. Nobody at school can see past Lenny's size to the person with ...Show more