Library director at Auckland Grammar School Catherine Ross has a bevy of awesome non-narrative non-fiction books for ages 10 to 14. Her picks include:
For Ages: 10+ Years
- Unstoppable Us: How Humans Took Over the World By Yuvel Noah Hurari
For Ages: 11+ Years
- Adventures in Time: Alexander the Great by Dominic Sandbrook
For Ages: 12+ Years
- The Rest is History by Tom Holland (not THAT Tom Holland!) and Dominic Sandbrook
- The Twenty-Ninth Day by Alex Messenger
For Ages 13/14+
- Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
- How War Begins: Dispatches from the Ukrainian Invasion By Igort
Photo: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
2:20 Update on Oz: Ausie Olympics haul, Raygun, Cairns Crash
Our favourite ocker Brad Foster is back to update the goings on across the ditch. Brad also needs recommendations for an imminent South Island trip, so get in touch!
Australia's Rachael Gunn, known as Raygun, competes in the women's breaking dance at the Paris Olympics. Photo: Odd Andersen/AFP
