Last Man Out: A personal account of the Gallipoli Evacuation by Louise Park
Category: Children's History
The evacuation from Gallipoli of Australian and New Zealand troops was a logistically incredible undertaking. The exhausted young men were to slip away by ship in the dead of night. But… Someone needed to remain behind to cover for their fellow soldiers. This was a mission that almost certainly meant de ...Show more
The Great Gallipoli Escape by Jackie French
Category: Children's History
Renowned for her historical fiction titles, Jackie French now tells the story of the brilliant and famous evacuation of Gallipoli. Sixteen-year-old Nipper and his Gallipoli mates Lanky, Spud, Bluey and Wallaby Joe are starving, freezing and ill-equipped. By November 1915 they know that that there is mo ...Show more
The Horse Thief: Tommy Bell Bushranger Boy #2 by Jane Smith
Category: Children's History | Series: Tommy Bell Bushranger Boy Ser.
Tommy Bell Bushranger Boy #7 The Runaway by Jane Margaret Smith
Category: Children's History | Series: Tommy Bell Bushranger Boy Ser.
Tommy Bell Bushranger Boy #5 Gang of Thieves by Jane Smith
Category: Children's History | Series: Tommy Bell Bushranger Boy Ser.
School camp can be fun, but not when it's run by a nasty bully who picks on Tommy Bell and his friends. But when Tommy's magic cabbage-tree hat takes him back in time to meet up with Ben Hall and his gang, Tommy discovers that even in the gold rush days there were bullies ... and they were on both sides ...Show more
Escape from Stalingrad by Andy Marino
Category: Children's History
Artem lives in the sleepy city of Stalingrad, which has mostly been cut off from war with Nazi Germany — until now. That July, martial law is declared as the Nazis begin their unprecedented march toward the city. Artem’s older brother is a soldier in Stalin’s Red Army, and Artem is worried for his broth ...Show more
Our Australian Girl: The Grace Stories by Sofie Laguna
Category: Children's History | Series: Our Australian Girl Ser.
Meet Grace and join her on a historical adventure about a convict girl who is given a second chance. All four Grace stories in one edition, with a bonus chapter at the end!Read all four Grace stories in one beautiful paperback edition. It's 1808 . . . and Grace's world is about to change - from her toug ...Show more
A Message Through Time by Anna Ciddor
Category: Children's History
A pacey and action-packed time-slip adventure that carries step-siblings Felix and Zoe back to Ancient Roman times - and also, accidentally, drags a Roman girl into the present. When 11-year-old Felix finds a message in a bottle during a trip to France, he is in for the surprise of a lifetime. Suddenly ...Show more
Van Diemen's Land by James Boyce
Category: Children's History
"With a foreword by Richard Flanagan Winner of the Tasmanian Book Prize 'A brilliant book and a must-read for anyone interested in how land shapes people' —Tim Flannery Almost half of the convicts who came to Australia came to Van Diemen's Land. There they found a land of bounty and a penal society, a k ...Show more
Grace's Secrets by Louise Park
Category: Children's History
When twelve-year-old Grace trades her tropical home in Western Australia for a faraway castle, Victorian costumes and a village trapped in time she thinks it's the fresh start she desperately needs. But unsolved problems have a way of following ... A map of the castle's secret passages sends Grace on a ...Show more
Roman Soldiers: Discover the world of the ancient Roman army (British Museum) by Tegen Evans
Category: Children's History
Discover the secrets of the Roman Army in this fascinating gift book from the British Museum. What was a Roman legion? How exactly did soldiers train for battle? And why did they have to 'march like a tortoise'? Find out the answers to these questions and many more in this complete guide to life in the ...Show more