New Books Now Available in the Library
I only enter up to 6 new books on here, however we have over 30 new books every Term. 

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​The Adventures of Tupaia
Courtney Sina, Meredith and Mat Tait

Follow Tupaia as he grows up in Ra'iatea, becoming a high-ranking 'arioi and master navigator. Join him as he meets up with Cook in Tahiti and sails as part of the crew on the Endeavour across the Pacific to Aotearoa. Witness the encounters between tangata whenua and the crew as the ship sails around the coast, and discover the important role Tupaia plays as translator and cultural interpreter.
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The Volunteer
Jack Fairweather 

This is untold story of one of the greatest heroes of the Second World War. Beautifully put together and surperbly written and breathtakingly researched story. 
In the Summer of 1940, after the Nazi occupation of Poland, an underground operative called Witold Pilecki accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands of people being interred at a new concentration camp on the border of the Reich.
These Islands Here-
​ Brownwyn Elsmore​ 

The stories included in this collection are set mainly in Aotearoa- New Zealand, though some are of, or include mention of, other islands of Polynesia. 

They are fictional tales based on events and conditions of the recent history of Aotearoa- New Zealandand it's neigbours. Together they present the varied facets of living in these islands in the South Pacific pleasure, pain, calamity, comedy, fun, misfortune, loss, triumph indeed as in any part of the world, of being human. 
This is How we change the Ending 
Vikki Wakefield 

Nate Mckee is doing his best to be invisible. He's worried about a lot of things, how his dad treats Nance and his twin half brother: the hydro crop in his bedroom; his reckless friend, Merrick. 
Nate hangs out at the local youth centre and fills his notebooks with things he can't say. When some of his pages are stolen, and hi words turn up as graffiti on the centre, he realises he has allies. He might be able to make difference, change his life, and claim his future. Or can he?

The is How we Change the Ending is raw and real, funny and heartbreaking a story about what it takes to fight back when you're not a hero.  
With the Rugby World Cup happening this year we have a variety of world Cup books in our Library.

GO THE ALL BLACKS!

 
Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian 
Rick Riordan
Graphic Novel 

Most people get presents for their birthday. 

I get a prophecy that could save or destroy the world...
It happens whe you're the son of Poseidon, god of the sea. I turn sixteen, and the fate of existence is all on me. So, no pressure. 

Now Kronos, Lord of the Titans, is beginning to his attack on New York City, and the dreaded monster Typhon is heading our way.

THE BATTLE FRO CIVILIZATION HAS BEGUN...