Our Australian Girl: Meet Lina (Book 1) by Sally Rippin
$15.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: Our Australian Girl
It's 1956 . . . and Lina dreams of being a writer, but her strict Italian parents have other ideas. Now that she's won a scholarship to an expensive girls school, Lina has other troubles, too. To fit in, she must keep her home life a secret, and even her best friend Mary can't know the truth. But how lo ...Show more
Our Australian Girl: Nellie's Greatest Wish (Book 4) by Penny Matthews
$19.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: Our Australian Girl
Nellie returns to Adelaide, where a shock awaits her. A reunion with someone from her past has the power to fulfil the wishes she made when she first arrived in Australia...A dramatic conclusion to the Nellie books that will have readers weeping and cheering in equal measure.
Our Australian Girl: Nellie's Quest (Book 3) by Penny Matthews
$19.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: Our Australian Girl
It's 1850 and Nellie's best friend, Mary, is gravely ill. To provide Mary with the care she needs, Nellie must break a promise and go on a quest to find the Thompson family. But will they be able to help? And who will Nellie turn to when her own life is in danger? Follow Nellie on her adventure in the t ...Show more
Our Australian Girl: Meet Nellie (Book 1) by Penny Matthews
$19.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: Our Australian Girl: 1849 Ser.
It's 1849 . . . and Nellie O'Neill is arriving in South Australia on a ship bringing orphan girls from Irish workhouses. Nellie and her best friend, Mary, have left the famine in Ireland far behind, and are full of hopes and dreams for the future. Nellie longs to learn to read, to be part of a family on ...Show more
Our Australian Girl: Nellie and Secret the Letter (Book 2) by Penny Matthews
$19.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: Our Australian Girl: 1849 Ser.
It's 1849 . . . and Nellie is starting her new life as a kitchen maid in a grand Adelaide house with her best friend, Mary. But Nellie's desire to live out her dreams soon leads to a battle with the spiteful cook Bessie Rudge... Can Nellie keep her temper and avoid being thrown out to beg on the streets ...Show more
City of Lies (#2 The Keepers) by Lian Tanner
$20.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: The Keepers
Goldie Roth is a trained thief and a skilful liar. She's supposed to be one of the keepers of the mysterious Museum of Dunt, along with her friend Toadspit. But although she desperately wants to be a keeper, her parents are ill and she will not leave them. Then Toadspit's sister Bonnie is stolen, and Go ...Show more
Garden of the Purple Dragon (#2 Dragonkeeper) by Carole Wilkinson
$20.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: Dragonkeeper
In the time of the Han Dynasty in ancient China, a young orphan struggles to fulfill her destiny. Ping has survived her days as a slave at Huangling Palace, but new challenges await her in the desolate mountains of Tai Shan. The aged dragon Danzi is gone, and now it is up to Ping to take care of the bab ...Show more
Dragon Moon (#3 Dragonkeeper) by Carole Wilkinson
$20.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: Dragonkeeper
In the time of the Han Dynasty in ancient China, a young orphan prepares for a difficult journey. Ping has grown to become a skilled Dragon Keeper, but her greatest challenge is yet to come. After rescuing the baby dragon, Kai, from the evil Emperor, she brings him to a safe haven near the border of the ...Show more
The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
$17.00 AUD
Category: Picture Books
The Caldecott Award-winning and New York Times bestselling fable of compassion and kindness retold by acclaimed artist Jerry Pinkney. In award-winning artist Jerry Pinkney's wordless adaptation of one of Aesop's most beloved fables, an unlikely pair learn that no act of kindness is ever wasted. Afte ...Show more
A Ghost in my Suitcase by Gabrielle Wang
$17.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
The flute music stops, and my breath catches in my throat. Silence falls like a veil. Then I hear something - no, I feel it in my chest. 'Steady yourself,' Por Por whispers. 'It's here . . . 'When thirteen-year-old Celeste travels to China to visit her grandmother, she uncovers an incredible family secr ...Show more
Our Australian Girl: Rose on Wheels (Book 2) by Sherryl Clark
$19.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | Series: Our Australian Girl
It's 1900 . . . and Rose feels that Aunt Alice is the only one who understands her. But now it looks as if Aunt Alice is going to live in Adelaide, leaving Rose with a dreadful new governess, Miss Higginbottom! Can Rose stop Aunt Alice leaving Melbourne? And has her chance of going to school gone for ...Show more
Our Australian Girl: Letty and the Stranger's Lace (Book 2) by Alison Lloyd
$19.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years) | 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