10 must-read childrens books like Take Me to Your Leader by Leonie Agnew

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Take Me to Your Leader

By: Leonie Agnew

4.28

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Eleven-year-old Lucas has now got a new worry to add to his long, long list – his rural school is o…

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Cover of The Weight of Water by Oliver Jeffers, Sarah Crossan

1. The Weight of Water

By: Oliver Jeffers , Sarah Crossan

3.80

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Armed with a suitcase and an old laundry bag filled with clothes, Kasienka and her mother head for … read more

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"La Cloche Il y a une cloche Dont la sonnerie stridente signale Qu’il est temps de changer de classe. D’un cri elle nous commande. Comme des somnambules on se lève Quand elle résonne ; On fait silence…"

-Oliver Jeffers, The Weight of Water

Cover of The Enchanted Wood (The Faraway Tree, #1) by Enid Blyton

2. The Enchanted Wood (The Faraway Tree, #1)

By: Enid Blyton

4.25

Format: 213 pages, Paperback

Jo, Bessie and Fanny move to the country and find an Enchanted Wood right on their doorstep. In the… read more

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  • childrens
"Well, come back and have tea with us," saidMoon-Face. "Silky's got some Pop Biscuits -andI've made some Google Buns. I don't often makethem-and I tell you they're a treat!"

-Enid Blyton, The Enchanted Wood (The Faraway Tree, #1)

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3. The Dictionary of Lost Words

By: Pip Williams

4.03

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

In 1901, the word ‘Bondmaid’ was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is the… read more

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"The past came towards me, and I closed the book."

-Pip Williams, The Dictionary of Lost Words

"Sometimes I think there may be more than two sides."

-Pip Williams, The Dictionary of Lost Words

"It is context...that gives meaning. [Harry Nicholl]"

-Pip Williams, The Dictionary of Lost Words

"She lived between the lines of the Dictionary as much as I did."

-Pip Williams, The Dictionary of Lost Words

Cover of Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton

4. Lola in the Mirror

By: Trent Dalton

4.41

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from inter… read more

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5. The Bookbinder

By: Pip Williams

4.07

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more

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"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."

-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder

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6. Water

By: John Boyne

4.33

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the local… read more

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7. The Final Year

By: Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to h… read more

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  • childrens
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8. By Any Other Name

By: Jodi Picoult

4.19

Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times bestselling co-author of Mad Honey comes an “inspiring” (Elle) novel about … read more

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9. Frostheart (Frostheart, #1)

By: Jamie Littler

4.07

Format: 442 pages, Paperback

Way out in the furthest part of the known world, a tiny stronghold exists all on its own, cut off f… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2) by Michael  Bennett

10. Return to Blood (Hana Westerman Thriller, #2)

By: Michael Bennett

3.94

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

From the author of Better the Blood, the gripping second novel in a crime series starring Māori det… read more

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11. Lioness

By: Emily Perkins

3.43

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

You know how we say we devoured a story, and also that we were consumed by it? Eating and being eat… read more

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12. Starfish

By: Lisa Fipps

4.46

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Ellie is tired of being fat-shamed and does something about it in this debut novel-in-verse. Eve… read more

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"I'm a starfish, taking p all the room I want."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

"I'm a starfish, taking up all the room I want."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

"DNA doesn't make you family. Love does. Actions do."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

"No matter what others say or do, embrace what makes you, you."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

Cover of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief (Skandar #1) by A.F. Steadman

13. Skandar and the Unicorn Thief (Skandar #1)

By: A.F. Steadman

4.13

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Soar into a breathtaking world of heroes and unicorns as you’ve never seen them before in this fant… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Besties: Work It Out (World of Click #1) by Kayla Miller

14. Besties: Work It Out (World of Click #1)

By: Kayla Miller

4.08

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

A graphic-novel series spin-off of the Click books, featuring aspiring entrepreneurs Beth and Chand… read more

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  • humor
  • childrens
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15. The Grimmelings

By: Rachael King

4.38

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Spellbinding middle-grade fantasy adventure of loyalty, courage, and being careful what you wish fo… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Nine Girls: A brand new mystery for 9-12 year olds by Stacy Gregg

16. Nine Girls: A brand new mystery for 9-12 year olds

By: Stacy Gregg

4.41

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

They dug a hole right there on our farm on the bank of the Mangawara and they put the box filled wi… read more

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17. The Sparrow

By: Tessa Duder

3.80

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

An exciting new novel from the author of Alex. In September 1840, two ships arrive on the shores of… read more

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18. Brown Bird

By: Jane Arthur

4.43

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

Eleven-year-old Rebecca tries to make herself invisible so people won’t call her weird. Resigned to… read more

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19. Iris and Me

By: Philippa Werry

4.09

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE YOUNG ADULT FICTION AWARD – NZ BOOK AWARDS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS 2023 Th… read more

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20. Once Upon a Wickedness

By: Fleur Beale

3.67

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

What happens when a group of school children, led by the resourceful ten-year-old Dance Violet, dar… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Take Me to Your Leader by Leonie Agnew

21. Take Me to Your Leader

By: Leonie Agnew

4.28

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Eleven-year-old Lucas has now got a new worry to add to his long, long list – his rural school is o… read more

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  • humor
  • childrens
Cover of Catch a Falling Star by Eileen Merriman

22. Catch a Falling Star

By: Eileen Merriman

4.09

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

A fifteen-year-old reaches for stardom as he slides into psychosis. Francesca – known to every… read more

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23. Fire

By: John Boyne

4.39

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

On the face of it, Freya lives a gilded existence, dancing solely to her own tune. She has all the … read more

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24. Koro's Star

By: Claire Aramakutu

4.00

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Set in the 1960s, Koro's Star is a heart-warming, exciting, adventure story. It's the beginning of … read more

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25. Lopini the Legend

By: Feana Tu'akoi

3.80

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

When Lopini is replaced as kapa haka leader at school, he starts to spiral. It doesn't matter that … read more

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26. Migration

By: Steph Matuku

4.83

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

Farah of Untwa joins a school for training fighters, strategic thinkers and military personnel. It … read more

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27. Brave Kāhu and the Pōrangi Magpie

By: Shelley Burne-Field

4.30

Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition

An exciting and action-packed animal story featuring two kāhu sisters who must save their injured b… read more

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Cover of Ultrawild: An Audacious Plan to Rewild Every City on Earth by Steve Mushin

28. Ultrawild: An Audacious Plan to Rewild Every City on Earth

By: Steve Mushin

4.67

Format: 86 pages, Kindle Edition

Mind-bendingly original and full of intricate illustrations, Ultrawild is totally unique, containin… read more

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"To make leaps of innovation WE HAVE TO explore ideas that initially seem preposterous."

-Steve Mushin, Ultrawild: An Audacious Plan to Rewild Every City on Earth

"Rewilding is a stupendously powerful tool for solving the trickiest part of climate change."

-Steve Mushin, Ultrawild: An Audacious Plan to Rewild Every City on Earth

"At this point in history, could there be anything more sensible than planting trees with cannons?"

-Steve Mushin, Ultrawild: An Audacious Plan to Rewild Every City on Earth

Cover of Rimu: The Tree of Time An Amorangi and Millie Adventure by Lauren Keenan

29. Rimu: The Tree of Time An Amorangi and Millie Adventure

By: Lauren Keenan

4.20

Format: 166 pages, Kindle Edition

On the way to school, Amorangi realises he forgot to bring an old object to school to talk about.Qu… read more

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30. Jason Mason and the Flightless Bird Fiasco

By: Andrew Gunn

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

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31. At the Point of Seeing

By: Megan Kitching

4.38

Format: 75 pages, Paperback

At the Point of Seeing is the extraordinary debut collection from Otepoti Dunedin poet Megan Kitchi… read more

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7 Top fantasy books like Once Upon a Wickedness by Fleur Beale

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Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0)

Travis Baldree

4.20

Transform Your Habits

The Sinister Booksellers of Bath (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #2)

Garth Nix

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Thieves' Gambit (Thieves' Gambit, #1)

Kayvion Lewis

3.88

Transform Your Habits

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A.F. Steadman

4.13

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