June’s Aotearoa Children’s Junior Fiction and Young Adult Bestseller List

Each month, the Aotearoa Children’s Junior Fiction and Young Adults Bestseller List highlights the bestselling junior fiction and young adult titles by New Zealand writers.
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Sponsored by Storylines.
Data collected by Nielsen BookScan.

To 15 June 2024

  1. Ariā and the Kūmara God Witi Ihimaera & Isobel Joy Te Aho-White, Puffin. $25.00
  2. Nine Girls Stacy Gregg, Penguin Books. $22.00
  3. The Grimmelings Rachael King, Allen & Unwin. $24.99
  4. Brown Bird Jane Arthur, Puffin. $19.99
  5. Children of the Rush Book 1 James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books. $22.00
  6. Brave Kāhu and the Pōrangi Magpie, Shelley Burne-Field, Allen & Unwin Children’s. $19.99
  7. Take me to Your Leader Leonie Agnew, Puffin. $22.00
  8. Jason Mason and the Flightless Bird Fiasco Jason Gunn & Andrew Gunn,  David Bateman. $19.99
  9. Jason Mason and the World’s Most Powerful Itching Powder Jason Gunn & Andrew Gunn,  David Bateman. $19.99
  10. A Ariā me te Atua o te Kūmara Witi Ihimaera & Hēni Jacob & Isobel Joy Te Aho-White, Puffin. $25.00

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