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Looking for Alibrandi Puffin Classic by Melina Marchetta
$26.00 NZD
Category: Teen Fiction | Series: Australian Children's Classics
For as long as Josephine Alibrandi can remember, it's just been her, her mom, and her grandmother. Now it's her final year at a wealthy Catholic high school. The nuns couldn't be any stricter--but that doesn't seem to stop all kinds of men from coming into her life. Caught between the old-world valu ...Show more
Meet Alice (Our Australian Girl - Alice #1) by Davina Bell
$17.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Our Australian Girl
It's 1918 . . . and Alice lives with her big family by the Swan River in Perth, while on the other side of the world, the Great War rages. Alice's deepest wish is to become a ballerina, and when she auditions for a famous dance teacher from London, it seems as if her dreams might come true. But then the ...Show more
Meet Grace (Our Australian Girl - Grace #1) by Sofie Laguna; Lucia Masciullo (Illustrator)
$17.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Our Australian Girl: 1808 Ser.
It's 1808 . . . and Grace is living with her uncle in London. They have no money, and Grace is always lonely and often hungry. The best part of her day is going to Fleet Street to talk to the horses that she loves so much. One afternoon Grace can't resist taking a shiny red apple from a grocer's cart - ...Show more
Meet Ruby (Our Australian Girl - Ruby #1) by Penny Matthews
$17.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Our Australian Girl
Meet Ruby and join her adventure in the first of four stories about a happy-go-lucky girl in a time of great change. It's 1930 and Ruby Quinlan lives in a big house in Adelaide with her parents and her fox terrier, Baxter. As she gets ready for her twelfth birthday party, Ruby has never been happier. Bu ...Show more
Memorial (PB) by Gary Crew
$21.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Lothian Australian Favou Ser.
In 2014 the world will mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. Internationally acclaimed author, Gary Crew, and multi-award-winning illustrator Shaun Tan have created a powerful picture book to help us all remember. When the soldiers return in 1918, a memorial tree is planted ...Show more
My Australian Story: Don Bradman and Me by Peter Allen
$19.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories | Series: My Australian Story
The Don is my hero because he is the greatest batsman in the world. Dad says all Australians are proud of The Don, even those who don't normally follow cricket. He says The Don is an inspiration to everyone, because whenever he gets a big score, people smile and forget about their troubles. There are lo ...Show more
Our Australian Girl: A Friend for Grace (Book 2) by Sofie Laguna
$17.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Our Australian Girl
It's 1808 . . . and Grace is on board the ship Indispensable with her friend Hannah. The girls wonder what the new land will be like – the convict women say there are giant rats and other strange animals! Then sickness strikes the ship . . . Will they survive to reach the shores of New South Wales?Fol ...Show more
Our Australian Girl: A Home for Grace (Book 4) by Sofie Laguna
$17.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Our Australian Girl
It's 1808 . . . and Grace loves caring for baby Alice and working with her mistress, Beth, on the property at Rose Hill. Grave tries so hard to be a good servant – but still her master, Tom, doesn't trust her. Does he blame her for what happened to Glory, who is injured and growing sicker every day? ...Show more
Our Australian Girl: Daisy All Alone (Book 2) by Michelle Hamer
$17.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Our Australian Girl: 1930 Ser.
Follow Daisy in the second exciting adventure about a girl facing hard times in depression-era Australia It's 1930. . . and Daisy's worst nightmare has come true. She's alone on the streets, separated from her family. Things get worse after the police send her to live at the Melbourne Orphanage. At lea ...Show more
Our Australian Girl: Daisy in the Mansion (Book 3) by Michelle Hamer
$17.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Our Australian Girl: 1930 Ser.
Follow Daisy in this third adventure featuring a hopeful girl living in depression-era Australia It's 1930. . . and Daisy has been adopted and whisked away to a beautiful mansion. She's to be a companion to Annie, a girl with a mysterious illness. While Daisy's new life is full of luxuries she could ne ...Show more
Our Australian Girl: Daisy on the Road (Book 4) by Michelle Hamer
$17.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Our Australian Girl: 1930 Ser.
Follow Daisy on the fourth and final adventure of a girl seeking her family in depression-era Australia It's 1930. . . and Daisy has finally had news that her dad is alive He's gravely injured somewhere in the bush, and though she doesn't know quite where, Daisy is determined to find him. With help fro ...Show more
Our Australian Girl: Letty and the Stranger's Lace (Book 2) by Alison Lloyd
$17.99 NZD
Category: Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds | Series: Our Australian Girl
IT'S 1841 . . . and Letty and her sister Lavinia have arrived in Sydney town. It's a dangerous place for two girls on their own. When Lavinia gets a job, poor Letty is left feeling useless and alone. Then she meets Mary, a strange woman with a secret . . . .Follow Letty on her adventure in the second ...Show more