47 Degrees by Justin D'Ath
$17.99 AUD
Category: True Stories | Reading Level: 8 Kids Middle Readers
Zeelie wonders if they're in danger. When temperatures soar to 47 degrees one hot summer day, 12-year-old Zeelie hopes the nearby bushfires everyone's talking about aren't heading towards her family's new home. What will they do if the wind changes direction? What about their belongings and their belove ...Show more
Albert Einstein (DK Life Stories) by Wil Mara
$12.99 AUD
Category: True Stories | Series: Life Stories Ser.
In this kids' biography, follow the remarkable life story of Albert Einstein, whose legendary genius and creative imagination made him one of the world's most famous thinkers.Albert Einstein is known as one of the most brilliant people in history. His many theories and discoveries changed the way scient ...Show more
Alexander Hamilton by James Buckley; Charlotte Ager (Illustrator); Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
$12.99 AUD
Category: True Stories | Series: Life Stories Ser.
In this kids' biography, discover the amazing life story of Alexander Hamilton, a Founding Father of the United States whose strong personality and work as an American statesman made him an icon of history and popular culture.Alexander Hamilton is known not only for his political brilliance, but also fo ...Show more
Battle of Britain (My Story) by Chris Priestley
$16.99 AUD
Category: True Stories | Series: My Story | Reading Level: From 8 To 12
It's 1939 and Harry Woods is a Spitfire pilot in the RAF. When his friend Lenny loses his leg in a dogfight with the Luftwaffe, Harry is determined to fight on. That is, until his plane is hit and he finds himself tumbling through the air high above the English Channel...
Being Black 'n Chicken, and Chips by Matt Okine
$19.99 AUD
Category: True Stories
Mike Amon is a regular teenager. All he wants is to fit in. He wants to sit at the cool bench. He wants to be a star athlete. He wants his first kiss.He also wants his mum to survive.When his mum is suddenly diagnosed with advanced breast and brain cancer, Mike knows it's a long shot, but if he manages ...Show more
Beyond Belief by Dee White
$17.99 AUD
Category: True Stories
Inspired by the true story of Muslims who saved the lives of Jewish children in the Second World War. In 1942, in the Grand Mosque in Paris, 11-year-old Ruben is hiding from the Nazis. Already thousands of Jewish children have disappeared, and Rubens parents are desperately trying to find his sister. Ru ...Show more
Black Snake: The Daring of Ned Kelly by Carole Wilkinson
$18.99 AUD
Category: True Stories | Series: The Drum
Ned Kelly was a thief, a bank robber and a murderer. He was in trouble with the law from the age of 12. He stole hundreds of horses and cattle. He robbed two banks. He killed three men. Yet, when Ned was sentenced to death, thousands of people rallied to
Bushfire: Surviving Black Saturday (My Australian Story) by Sally Murphy
$16.99 AUD
Category: True Stories | Series: My Australian Story
Amy is staying in Marysville with her grandmother, and help in the garden and clean out her gutters. It is, after all, bushfire season. As summer arrives, so do the fires, and Dad is busy helping control the flames in bushfires that have started burning in Victoria. But it is early February 2009, and th ...Show more
Captain Starlight by Jane Smith
$14.99 AUD
Category: True Stories
The fifth book in the series features the two men known as "Captain Starlight". Both were bushrangers who travelled widely across the country in the second half of the 19th Century, and although their backgrounds and their crimes differed greatly, they are linked by their connection with a character fro ...Show more
Chase Your Dreams (Youngs Readers Edition of Playing It My Way) by Sachin Tendulkar
$14.99 AUD
Category: True Stories
Devil's Ballast by Meg Caddy
$19.99 AUD
Category: True Stories | Reading Level: 9 YA
Anne Bonny was eighteen when she ran away from her violent husband, James, into the arms of pirate captain Calico Jack Rackham. Now she’s ensconced aboard Jack’s ship Ranger, passing as a cabin boy and playing her ruthless part in a crew that is raining down mayhem and murder on the ships of the Caribbe ...Show more
Dragons, Devils and Rebels by Alison Lloyd
$17.99 AUD
Category: True Stories
When an unknown girl marries the Emperor of China, can she take control and stay in power? Could you? Imagine you were faced with- DRAGONS - Emperors who had run China for two thousand years DEVILS - strange foreigners invading with guns and ships, and REBELS - Chinese bandits and warriors with supernat ...Show more