Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust of New Zealand | Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki o Aotearoa

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 to 13 July 2024

  1. The Grimmelings Rachael King, Allen & Unwin. $24.99
  2. Ariā and the Kūmara God Witi Ihimaera & Isobel Joy Te Aho-White, Puffin. $25.00
  3. Nine Girls Stacy Gregg, Penguin Books. $22.00
  4. The Raven’s Eye Runaways Claire Mabey, Allen & Unwin. $24.99
  5. Brown Bird Jane Arthur, Puffin. $19.99
  6. Below David Hill, Puffin. $22.00
  7. Brave Kāhu and the Pōrangi Magpie, Shelley Burne-Field, Allen & Unwin Children’s. $19.99
  8. The Dragon Defenders (Dragon Defenders 1) James Russell & Yongtao Zhang, Dragon Brothers Books. $22.00
  9. Children of the Rush Book 1 James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books. $22.00
  10. Allegiance, the Wild Kaimanawa (Wilson Sisters Adventures 3) Nina Sutherland & Kelly Wilson, Penguin Books. $22.00

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