120,000+ Books, Games & Puzzles in-stock 🇳🇿

Overnight NZ-wide delivery 🚀 Auckland Bookstore • Open 7 days, 8:30am–5pm

The Aurelia Curse

By Cornelia Funke
Series: Dragon Rider
0.0 (0 reviews)
4.21 goodreads logo

Ratings/reviews counts are updated frequently.

Check link for latest rating. ( 814 ratings, 87 reviews)
Book Hero Magic crafted this summary to help describe this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Summary
The Aurelia Curse by Cornelia Funke follows the adventure of a group of young heroes as they embark on a thrilling quest in a magical world. They're faced with a mission to protect mystical creatures while uncovering ancient secrets. Friendship and courage are at the heart of their journey, providing excitement and enchanting discoveries without revealing any spoilers.
Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
$2199
AVAILABLE WITH SUPPLIER Ships from our Auckland warehouse within 2-3 weeks

Found a better price? Request a price match

Book Hero Magic created this recommendation. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! IS THIS YOUR NEXT READ?

You might enjoy this enchanting tale if you love magical adventures filled with mythical creatures and brave young protagonists. It offers thrilling escapades and captures the imagination, making it perfect for children who dream of fantastical worlds and enjoy stories with a hint of mystery and danger.

Book Hero thinking about your next read

Ben and the Greenblooms must protect a mythical new creature rising from the ocean, that can bring light or darkness to whoever it first meets. Dragons, myth and magic unite in the third installment of Cornelia Funke’s bestselling epic fantasy-adventure series.

Book Hero Magic formatted this description to make it easier to read. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! Description

Ben and the Greenblooms must protect a mythical new creature rising from the ocean, a being that can bring light or darkness to whoever it first meets. Dragons, myth and magic unite in the third installment of Cornelia Funke’s bestselling epic fantasy-adventure series.

The Aurelia Curse promises an adventure filled with enchanting creatures and perilous quests, captivating readers with its blend of fantasy and magic.

Series: Dragon Rider

View all
  • Dragon Rider
    Dragon Rider tells the tale of Firedrake, a brave young dragon, who embarks on a magical journey to find the legendary place where silver dragons can live in peace forever. Along the way, Firedrake discovers extraordinary new friends and a courage he never knew he had. However, the greatest enemy of all is never far behind—a heartless monster intent on...
    By Cornelia Funke
    Paperback
    $2199
    Available
    Ships in 2-3 weeks
  • The Aurelia Curse
    Ben and the Greenblooms must protect a mythical new creature rising from the ocean, a being that can bring light or darkness to whoever it first meets. Dragons, myth and magic unite in the third installment of Cornelia Funke’s bestselling epic fantasy-adventure series. The Aurelia Curse promises an adventure filled with enchanting creatures and perilous quests, captivating readers with its...
    By Cornelia Funke
    Paperback
    $2199
    Available
    Ships in 2-3 weeks

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781911077985

Publisher: Chicken House Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 October 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Chicken House Ltd

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 141.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 260g

Pages: 384

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Cornelia Funke Series: Dragon Rider Young Adult

Also by Cornelia Funke

View all
  • Inkheart (2020 reissue)
    Meggie’s father, Mo, has an amazing secret – when he reads aloud, words come alive. Suddenly, Meggie is living the kind of adventure she has only read about. Discover the magic of Inkheart in this 2020 reissue, a captivating tale by Cornelia Funke.
    By Cornelia Funke
    Paperback
    $2200
    Available
    Ships in 2-3 weeks
  • Gawain Greytail and the Terrible Tab
    Can a heroic knight defeat the Terrible Tab before she decimates the mouse population of Raven Castle? Support severely struggling readers with this exciting hi-lo adventure. Sir Tristan and his cat Terrible Tab have decimated the mouse population of Raven Castle. Can the last survivors defeat the ferocious feline with the help of some homemade armour and a heroic mouse...
    By Cornelia Funke
    Paperback
    $1699
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Inkdeath (2020 reissue)
    Life in the Inkworld has been far from easy since the extraordinary events of Inkspell when the story of Inkheart magically drew Meggie, Mo and Dustfinger back into its pages. With Dustfinger dead and the evil Adderhead now in control, the story in which they are all caught has taken an unhappy turn. Even Elinor, left alone in the real...
    By Cornelia Funke
    Paperback
    $2199
    Elsewhere:
    $2999
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • Inkspell (2020 reissue)
    Although a year has passed, not a day goes by without Meggie thinking of the extraordinary events of Inkheart, the story whose characters strode out of the pages and changed her life forever. But for Dustfinger, the fire-eater, torn from his world of words, the need to return has become desperate. When he finds a crooked storyteller with the magical...
    By Cornelia Funke
    Paperback
    $2199
    Elsewhere:
    $2999
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • Inkheart 4: The Colour of Revenge PB
    After five happy years, Meggie, her father Mo, and the fire-eater Dustfinger, along with a host of new friends, feel safe and settled. But arch-villain Orpheus has found an unexpected way to wreak his revenge on the Inkworld! He has corrupted an artist to create bewitched portraits that will see the heroes fade to grey—Dustfinger, his brave stepson Jehan, and...
    By Cornelia Funke
    Paperback
    $1900
    Elsewhere:
    $2199
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • The Green Kingdom
    Caspia discovers riddles hidden in old letters, leading her to wonderful new friendships in the city of Brooklyn. Caspia's summer is transformed when she discovers a bundle of letters containing ten botanical riddles in this enchanting adventure. Twelve-year-old Caspia hates big cities, especially one as busy as New York. So she isn't thrilled by the news that her parents are...
    By Cornelia Funke
    Paperback
    $2100
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Pan's Labyrinth
    THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER This enthralling novel, inspired by the 2006 film, illustrates that fantasy is the sharpest tool to explore the terrors and miracles of the human heart. You shouldn't come in here. You could get lost. It has happened before. I'll tell you the story one day, if you want to hear it. In...
    By Guillermo del Toro and Cornelia Funke
    Paperback
    $2199
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Molly Rogers, Pirate Girl
    When the Horrible Haddock crew kidnap young Molly Rogers, they get more than they bargained for … Support severely struggling readers with this swashbuckling hi-lo adventure. Ferocious Captain Firebeard and the crew of the Horrible Haddock rule the high seas. But the dastardly pirates meet their match when they kidnap a small, feisty girl called Molly. Molly also knows the...
    By Cornelia Funke
    Paperback
    $1699
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • The Bridge Beyond the Stars
    An exquisitely illustrated story for anyone who needs hope and comfort in difficult times. A young angel learns about the Dark Things that humans carry - pain, loneliness and fear - and how to ease that burden. What is death? That's what the humans call the bridge. They fear it very much. And that is why we fly to meet...
    By Cornelia Funke
    Hardback
    $3999
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Reckless III: The Golden Yarn
    The worlds on either side of the mirror are about to collide. And there's nothing Jacob can do to stop them. After a perilous encounter with an Alder Elf—an immortal, trick-turning creature to whom he owes a great debt—Jacob must journey back into the enchanted Mirrorworld once again. Together with Fox, his beautiful shape-shifting friend, Jacob has no choice but...
    By Cornelia Funke
    Paperback
    $2499
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks
  • Dragon Rider
    Dragon Rider tells the tale of Firedrake, a brave young dragon, who embarks on a magical journey to find the legendary place where silver dragons can live in peace forever. Along the way, Firedrake discovers extraordinary new friends and a courage he never knew he had. However, the greatest enemy of all is never far behind—a heartless monster intent on...
    By Cornelia Funke
    Paperback
    $2199
    Available
    Ships in 2-3 weeks
  • Reckless I: The Petrified Flesh
    Jacob Reckless has always been careful to keep the enchanted world behind the mirror secret from his brother. Until one day, Will follows him, unaware of the mortal danger awaiting him: attacked by a group of Goyl—stone-skinned humans who are conquering the world behind the Mirrors—Will turns to jade, their most sacred stone. Jacob desperately tries to save him, but...
    By Cornelia Funke
    Paperback
    $2299
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks

More from Children's Books

View all
  • New Release
    Gruffalo Granny
    The brand new Gruffalo picture book from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. The Gruffalo said to his daughter one day, "Your Gruffalo Granny is coming to stay." Return to the deep dark wood with the first new Gruffalo story in over 20 years, and meet Gruffalo Granny as she visits the Gruffalo family. This fresh and exciting new Gruffalo adventure...
    By Julia Donaldson
    Hardback
    $2499
    Elsewhere:
    $3000
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • New Release
    Lottie Brooks’s Twelve Disasters of Christmas
    From hilarious MEGA bestselling author, Katie Kirby, comes a new story collection from the world of Lottie Brooks! But this time... it's not about Lottie! From hilarious MEGA bestselling author, Katie Kirby, comes a new story collection from the world of Lottie Brooks! And it's CHRISTMAS! In The Completely Chaotic Christmas of Lottie Brooks we spent the holiday season with...
    By Katie Kirby
    Paperback
    $1799
    Elsewhere:
    $2100
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • Wahine
    New Release
    Wahine
    From a majestic mermaid to a clay woman, the creator of glaciers to the mother of gardening, discover powerful wahine and how their stories shaped the world around us. Wahine introduces readers to twelve purakau of brave, bold, and inspiring women of Aotearoa. A beautifully illustrated collection that will delight the whole whanau, from award-winning illustrator Isobel Joy Te Aho-White....
    By Isobel Joy Te Aho-White
    Hardback
    $3199
    Elsewhere:
    $3999
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • The Sweet As Looky Book
    New Release
    The Sweet As Looky Book
    Can you find all the chocolate fish? Is it possible for kiwi to fly? Can you spot the difference? See Aotearoa New Zealand through the eyes of award-winning artist Donovan Bixley in The Sweet As Looky Book. Use your finest skills to seek out pirates in the Bay of Islands and birds in Rakiura Stewart Island. Get in a car...
    By Donovan Bixley
    Hardback
    $2299
    Elsewhere:
    $2799
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • New Release
    The Day of the Dinosaur Disaster
    Angry anacondas, blizzarding blobs, carnivorous cactuses ... what kind of twisted curse will Glam-Evil think up this time?!Only it's not just Glam-Evil's curse the gang needs to worry about; they've got a few other problems, too. Swooping Pteranodons, a hungry T-Rex, a missing mother, and ... is that ... an ASTEROID?!Join MILES AND JONES as they face their biggest challenge...
    By Sam Smith
    Paperback
    $1400
    Elsewhere:
    $1499
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • New Release
    The Neverfear
    A world of richly-imagined wonder Cressida Cowell It’s the Midsummer Feast on the Islet of Glimt and on this magical moonlit evening, the word on everyone’s lips is bandits. Reports of masked men burning villages are spreading throughout the Archipelago, but worse is still to come: Christopher and Anya are ambushed and one of the people they love most is...
    By Katherine Rundell
    Paperback
    $1999
    Elsewhere:
    $2299
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • New Release
    Mari the Unwonderful Witch
    A charming, cosy and thought-provoking tale about a wonderfully unconventional little witch, by bestselling author of BUTTER, Asako Yuzuki. Perfect for fans of WICKED, KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE, and THE HATMAKERS series by Tamzin Merchant - and anyone who likes an enchanting adventure with just a hint of mischief. Mari the Unwonderful Witch introduces us to Mari, an eleven-year-old witch who...
    By Asako Yuzuki
    Paperback
    $1999
    Elsewhere:
    $2400
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • New Release
    Animalia 40th Anniversary Edition
    A beautiful, foiled collector's edition to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Graeme Base's classic and bestselling Australian picture book, Animalia. Embark on a fantastical alphabetic adventure where each turn of the page unveils a rich tapestry of intricate illustrations tied to a unique letter of the alphabet. More than 5 million copies sold worldwide Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA)...
    By Graeme Base
    Hardback
    $2999
    Elsewhere:
    $3500
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • New Release
    The Comeback Kid
    Charlie Boy might be just an ordinary kid, but he's about to get into some EXTRA-ordinary trouble... Get ready for this funny, fast-paced, friendship adventure with lots of kick. Meet Charlie Boy: skinny, small, looks like a strand of spaghetti. He and his best friend, Rocky the Lower Hutt Chief, are good at getting into trouble together. But when Charlie...
    By Airana Ngarewa
    Paperback
    $1799
    Elsewhere:
    $1999
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • Millie from Milford
    New Release
    Millie from Milford
    Based on the true story of Ruth Shaw and her husband Lance looking after a baby seal that had been shot between the eyes. Millie from Milford lives in Milford Sound, the number one tourist destination in Aotearoa New Zealand. After Millie was checked by a vet, she was taken to Ruth and Lance's home to be looked after until...
    By Ruth Shaw
    Paperback
    $2299
    Elsewhere:
    $2799
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • The Case of the Tall Stranger: Violet and the Velvets 4
    New Release
    The Case of the Tall Stranger: Violet and the Velvets 4
    But disaster strikes when guitarist Jack breaks his wrist and can no longer play. On top of that, all their hard work fundraising has fallen short! When help comes from unexpected channels, the Velvets make it to the Big Apple just in time to compete against the best kid bands in the whole world, including their new rivals the Blazer...
    By Rachael King
    Paperback
    $1600
    Elsewhere:
    $1899
    In Stock
    Ships today
  • Pocket Observology
    New Release
    Pocket Observology
    Pocket Observology is a practical field guide designed for those who love to explore and understand the natural world around them. Slip this guide out of your pocket to identify, measure, compare, or find clues to the things you encounter every day in nature. This pocket guide is a useful tool and a fun reminder of how to engage with...
    By Giselle Clarkson
    Paperback
    $2399
    Elsewhere:
    $2799
    In Stock
    Ships today

Why buy from us?

Book Hero is not a chain store or big box retailer. We're an independent 100% NZ-owned business on a mission to help more Kiwis rediscover a love of books and reading!

Service & Delivery

Service & Delivery

Our warehouse in Auckland holds over 100,000 books, toys, board games and puzzles in-stock so you're not waiting for your order to arrive from overseas.

Auckland Bookstore

Auckland Bookstore

We're primarily an online store, but for your convenience you can pick up your order for free from our bookstore, which is right next door to our warehouse in Hobsonville.

Our Gifting Service

Our Gifting Service

Books make wonderful thoughtful gifts and we're here to help with gift-wrapping and cards. We can even send your gift directly to your loved one.

Children's Books lists from the team

Explore our curated lists from our heroes to find your next read!

The Latest at Book Hero

View all