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Flying Ace (My Story: War Heroes) by Jim Eldridge
$18.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: My Story: War Heroes | Reading Level: From 8 To 12
Jack Fairfax is the 19-year-old second son of Lord and Lady Fairfax. The Fairfaxes are steeped in the military tradition, and don't approve of Jack's volunteering for the Royal Flying Corps. New-fangled flying machines are nothing to do with 'proper' warfare. Nevertheless, Jack takes to the skies in his ...Show more
Gold!: Otago, 1862 (My New Zealand Story) by Pauline Cartwright
$18.50 NZD
Category: NZ Children & Young Adult | Series: My New Zealand Story
Mary and her family moved to New Zealand from Australia, ahead of her father, who intended following later. But unforeseen events have kept Mr Brogan in Australia for the past seven years and Mary's mother has had to cope with raising the two children on her own. The family are now living in poverty in ...Show more
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (My Very First Story Time) by Ronne Randall
$14.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: My Very First Story Time | Reading Level: Children's - Kindergarten, Age 5-6
Goldilocks and the Three Bears is a story full of excitement, surprises and satisfying repetition. Children will love to join in with the bears' questioning cries of "Who's been sleeping in my bed?" Along the way they learn to differentiate between big, medium and small, hot and cold, and discuss compar ...Show more
Gumdigger: Northland, 1899-1900 (My New Zealand Story) by Kath Beatie
$19.00 NZD
Category: NZ Children & Young Adult | Series: My New Zealand Story
Reuben Radcliffe’s father owns the store in the small township of Waipapa. When the bank forecloses on a loan, Reuben and his family are forced to leave their home and move into a tent. With no money and little food, Reuben has to leave school and find work. Heading north with his father, Reuben joins a ...Show more
Harbour Bridge: Auckland, 1958-59 (My New Zealand Story) by Philippa Werry
$19.00 NZD
Category: NZ Children & Young Adult | Series: My New Zealand Story
The Auckland Harbour Bridge is under construction. Simon likes watching the bridge being built, and talking to his uncle and his mates about what's happening on site. Meanwhile, Simon's best friend Marty is obsessed with the Space Race and his younger sister Jo can't stop worrying about the fate of the ...Show more
Henry VIII's Wives (My Royal Story) by Alison Prince
$19.50 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: My Royal Story | Reading Level: From 8 To 12
The court of King Henry VIII is brought brilliantly to life in this My Story special. Spanning a period of 20 years, the fates of all Henry's six wives are told from the perspective of two young courtiers serving at the royal palaces at different periods.
Here Come the Marines: Warkworth, 1943 (My New Zealand Story) by Lorraine Orman
$17.99 NZD
Category: NZ Children & Young Adult | Series: My New Zealand Story
In late 1942 Margaret Glenmore realises that daughter Joyce, who is doing a secretarial course, will probably be manpowered into a war job soon, when the age limit is dropped to 18. Her other daughter, Lillian, is coughing a lot and an x-ray has shown a spot on her lung. Lillian needs to live in a healt ...Show more
Hero at Dunkirk (My Story) by Vince Cross
$18.00 NZD
Category: Not a Book | Series: My Story | Reading Level: very good
Joe Read was 15 years old when he was caught up in a moment in history no one will ever forget. Winston Churchill called it 'a miracle of deliverance' when over 300000 British and allied soldiers were rescued from the beaches of Dunkirk by a fleet of over 800 boats. Joe and his father Wally risked their ...Show more
Hero at Dunkirk (My True Story) by Vince Cross
$18.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: My True Story | Reading Level: 9-12
2010 sees the 70th anniversary of the evacuation of the allies at Dunkirk. The lives of 338,226 men were saved in 861 vessels. This story of one of the young men who aided in the evacuation is not heard for the very first time. Joe Read was only 15 years old wen he crossed the channel in his father's li ...Show more
Highway Girl: An English Girl's Diary 1670 (My Story Series) by Valerie Wilding
$18.00 NZD
Category: Children | Series: My Story | Reading Level: From 8 To 12
It's 1670. When Susannah and her brother are orphaned she is forced to live on the charity of distant relations in England while he seeks his fortune in America. But when news arrives that her brother is dangerously ill Susannah will stop at nothing to get the money she desperately needs to save his lif ...Show more
Hiro (Thomas Story Library #61) by Thomas Library
$4.50 NZD
Category: Childrens Books | Series: My Thomas Story Library
Hunger: An Irish Girl's Diary, 1845-1847 (My Story) by Carol Drinkwater
$18.99 NZD
Category: NZ Children & Young Adult | Series: My Story | Reading Level: From 8 To 12
It's 1845 and blight has destroyed the precious potato crop leaving Ireland starving. Phyllis works hard to support her struggling family, but when her mother's health deteriorates, she sets off in search of her rebel brother and is soon swept up in the fight for a free and fair Ireland.