Des Hunt

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  • Bibliography:
    19 Books
  • First Book:
    July 2007
  • Latest Book:
    September 2021
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Book List in Order: 19 titles

  • Shadows in the Ice

    A sequel to Frog Whistle Mine. Tony Hogan-White now lives in Christchurch, with his Mum and her geologist partner. Tony and his new stepfather have a holiday bonding trip back to Fox Glacier, where another exciting adventure ensues. Combines ecotheme...

  • Whale Pot Bay

    At first it seemed the baby whale was dead. There was no sign of movement. But then its eye opened for a moment. It was alive, but only just ... At first it seemed the baby whale was dead. there was no sign of movement. But then its eye opened for a ...

  • The Crocodile Nest

    'It will get dark. The crocodiles will come . . . It is for you to decide, Luke. Live or die - it is your choice.' Luke Evans never knew his father - he'd cleared out before he was born. So when his internet skills track down someone living at a luxu...

  • Frog Whistle Mine

    Set in Charleston, a gold-mining ghost town 30km south of Westport, Frog Whistle Mine is another of Des Hunt's trademark exciting, beautifully written contemporary action adventure stories for children, with ecological themes. Set in Charleston, a go...

  • The Moa Cave

    When tyler Matthews wins a national ecological competition for a place on the NAtURE SOUtH Eco tour, he has no idea of where it will lead him. After he travels to the bottom of New Zealand's South Island to join the tour, he meets the other two winne...

  • Where Cuckoos Call

    Where Cuckoos Call tells the story of a migratory shining cuckoo, raised by 12 year old Ben Mansfield, a keen ornithologist who looks after endangered birds nesting in a sheltered bay on his family farm in the Coromandel Peninsula. Ben and his mum ar...

  • Cry of the Taniwha

    Sitting on the dark earth and staring up at him was a skull, the lower jaw below ground so Matt didn't have to cope with the thing grinning up at him. The empty eye sockets were scary enough . . . Matt Logan isn't looking forward to spending the scho...

  • The Tooth

    The fossilized dinosaur lay undisturbed for millions of years . . . until the boy found it and the trouble began . . . tim thomas is searching for dinosaur fossils in the hills above Pounamu, his grandparent's sheep station. His mum drowned when he w...

  • Phantom of Terawhiti

    An action-packed adventure story from master storyteller Des Hunt. It's the school holidays and Zac thinks he might go crazy with boredom. He's living in exile with his disgraced father on the remote terawhiti Station on Wellington's wild southwest c...



  • Steel Pelicans

    Sometimes friendship and loyalty can be dangerous things - especially when combined with fireworks and bombs, as Pelly discovers. The Waikato Heads have never been more dangerous ... Inseparable best friends Dean and Pelly frequently get up to no goo...

  • Crown Park

    Jack Stewart hates his new life in Taupo. Everyone at school picks on him; his only friend is a stray cat called Chainsaw; and his parents are always away working.Then he meets Fluoro, Taupo’s most visible street person. Fluoro’s home is an old e...

  • A Friend in Paradise

    When Robbie Walker’s father dies of cancer, he takes out his anger on anyone near. In the hope of saving what remains of their family, Robbie’s mother sends him off to spend the summer holidays on Uncle Jim’s farm where his father grew up. Ther...

  • Skink Gully

    Central Otago’s searing summer has been long and brutal. And yet somehow the sheep and smaller creatures on Stonefields Station have survived. That’s until Garth Fischer arrives, along with his gun and plans to change things in a big way. Then t...

  • Deadly Feathers

    Noah Larsen lives in the big city, enjoying fast-foods, movies, and heaps of mates. That’s until his parents decide to move to Stewart Island. Looking at a map, Noah sees the island as the most desolate place on earth, stuck way down south, almost ...

  • The Last Tuatara

    Jason and his twin sister Jessy live with their parents on a remote farm in New Zealand. They are home schooled and enjoy the picturesque surroundings and peaceful lifestyle of the country. That is until Shawn Morris crash-lands onto their property. ...

  • Search for a Kiwi Killer

    Kerikeri is kiwi country. There the flightless birds live in common places like farms, sides of roads, and pine forests. That's why the law says all dogs must be on a lead. When dead kiwi are found in nearby Waitangi forest, it becomes clear...

  • Eagle Swamp

    Geology expert Professor Mike Rackman is studying the Alpine Fault, a 600 km long crack that runs the length of New Zealand’s South Island. Every 300 years or so, the fault cracks causing massive earthquakes and tsunami. Mike hopes his studies ...

  • The Peco Incident

  • Red Edge



Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Des Hunt has published 19 books.

Des Hunt does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Red Edge, was published in September 2021.

The first book by Des Hunt, Shadows in the Ice, was published in July 2007.

No. Des Hunt does not write books in series.
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