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A Respectable Girl by Fleur Beale
Category: Fiction
A Young Adult historical romance novel set in both New Zealand and England during the 19th century. The main character is Hannah, a strong Elizabeth Bennett-like personality, who lives in Taranaki with her father, twin brother, Maori step-mother and step-brother during the time of the land wars. Hannah ...Show more
Ambushed by Fleur Beale
Category: Fiction
** Finalist, New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards, 2002 (Juniour Fiction Section) **
Being Magdalene (The Pilgrim Family #3) by Fleur Beale
Category: Fiction | Series: The Pilgrim Family
The gripping sequel to the bestselling YA novels I am not Esther and I am Rebecca. Four years after Rebecca fled the religious community The Children of the Faith, twelve-year-old Magdalene bears the brunt of trying to protect and nurture her rebellious younger sister. Zillah isn't at all interested in ...Show more
Deadly Prospect by Fleur Beale
Category: Fiction
reading age 11 to 15 years. The ongoing success of "Slide The Corner" led Fleur to start writing "Deadly Prospect", a story about a boy and his motorbike, written for anyone who likes the roar and the hype of riding trail bikes. Linc's uncle has introduced him to trail bike riding and the muddy joys of ...Show more
Dirt Bomb by Fleur Beale
Category: Children's Fiction
A coming of age story for teenage boys, especially car lovers. Shortlisted for the 2012 NZ Post Book Awards and the 2012 LIANZA YA Award. Jake's life is sweet. He's got no money and doesn't have a mobile, but he's got two best mates; Buzz and Robbie. Buzz is generous and doesn't mind buying stuff for hi ...Show more
Driving a Bargain by BEALE, Fleur
Category: Fiction
Out of print, advised 12/12/2005. Reading age 9 to 14 years. New edition of the same title first published in 1994. Thomas's rich best friend has always invited him to join his family on their really cool holidays. This time it's to go to America! Disneyland, New York, L.A., a boy's dream. But this time ...Show more
Faraway Girl by Fleur Beale
Category: Young Adult Fiction
A contemporary novel for teenagers with mysterious goings on, time travel, a curse and a strange painting. Etta is worried about her brother, Jamie. The doctors can find nothing wrong with him, but he is getting weaker by the day. At breakfast one morning, he seems to have lost it completely - in a voi ...Show more
Fierce September (Juno #2) by Fleur Beale
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Juno
Juno and the Taris inhabitants must leave their dying island. The young people look forward to a wider life Outside, but Outside too has its problems. It is two-year-old Hera, with her uncanny ability to foresee events, who saves the Taris people from the injury and death prepared for them by an undergr ...Show more
I Am Not Esther by Fleur Beale
Category: Fiction
'Imagine that your mother tells you she's going away. She is going to leave you with relatives you've never heard of - and they are members of a strict religious cult. Your name is changed, and you are forced to follow the severe set of social standards set by the cult. There is no television, no radio, ...Show more
I am Not Esther by Fleur Beale
Category: Young Adult | Series: The Pilgrim Family
A classic bestseller that's been in print for over 20 years, this gripping YA thriller follows a teenage girl caught in a religious cult. Imagine that your mother tells you she's going away. She is going to leave you with relatives you've never heard of - and they are members of a strict religious cult. ...Show more
I am Rebecca by Fleur Beale
Category: Young Adult | Series: The Pilgrim Family
Life inside a religious cult becomes too much for 16-year-old Rebecca when she finds out who she is to marry. When she turns 14, Rebecca will find out who she is to marry. All the girls in her strict religious sect must be married just after their 16th birthdays.Her twin sister Rachel desperately wants ...Show more