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March/ April 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.

22 March – 18 April 2026

  1. Stepping Up, David Hill, Penguin Random House NZ. $22.00
  2. The Case of the Missing Stuff (Violet and the Velvets 1), Rachael King, Allen & Unwin. $18.99
  3. Spark Hunter, Sonya Wison, Allen & Unwin. $24.99
  4. The (Not So) Superheroes (The Terrible Trio 1), Swapna Haddow & Minky Stapleton, Scholastic. $18.99
  5. Spider Games, Brian Falkner, Bateman Books. $27.99
  6. Nine Girls, Stacy Gregg, Penguin Books. $22.00
  7. Children of the Rush Book 1, James Russell, Dragon Brothers Books. $22.00
  8. Leonardo’s Dragon, Donovan Bixley, Upstart Press. $29.99
  9. Secrets at Red Rocks, Rachael King, Penguin Random House NZ. $22.00
  10. Counting Down with Theodore Brown, Daniel Devenney, Allen and Unwin. $24.99


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