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Creature of the Night by Kate Thompson
Category: Children's
I could hear Dennis talking to my ma. 'She was little,' he said. 'Little like me. But old. Older than you. Those words gave me a cold shock. I could see Dennis imagining fairies, but old ones? When Bobby's mother moves the family into a rented house in the country, a neighbour tells him that a child wa ...Show more
Creature of the Night by Kate Thompson
Category: Children's
I could hear Dennis talking to my ma. 'She was little,' he said. 'Little like me. But old. Older than you.' Those words gave me a cold shock. I could see Dennis imagining fairies, but old ones? When Bobby's mother moves the family into a rented house in the country, a neighbour tells him that a child wa ...Show more
Fourth Horseman, The by Kate Thompson
Category: Children's
The first time Laurie and her dad see the white rider watching them from the deep, cool shadows of the trees, he is alone. Laurie is convinced that his appearance has a meaning, that somehow he is trying to tell them something - something her dad needs to pay attention to. Is the rider somehow linked to ...Show more
Geography NSW Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum by David Butler; Tony Eggleton; Xiumei Guo; Fiona Tonizzo; Ken Purnell; Dora Marinova; Catherine Acworth; Karlson Hargroves; Peter Newman; Rex Cooke; David Lergessner; Simon Miller; Margaret Robertson; Heather Ruckert; Andrew Walker; Jesmond Sammut; Kate Thompson
Category: Reference
Highway Robbery by Kate Thompson
Category: Children's
'Hold the mare for me, lad. And when I come back I'll give you a golden guinea.' It's more money than the street urchin has ever dreamt of. But who is the rider, and why is there so much interest in his big black horse? And will the boy ever see the money he has been promised? There's highway robbery in ...Show more
Highway Robbery by Kate Thompson
Category: Children's
A beautifully illustrated short story for young readers featuring the most famous highwaymen of them all, and his wonderful horse: Black Bess. 'Hold the mare for me, lad. And when I come back I'll give you a golden guinea'. It's more money than the street urchin has ever dreamt of. But who is th ...Show more
Nelson Society and Culture: Stage 6 with 1 Access Code by Kate Thompson, Marshall Leaver, Nicole Martirena, Maxine Johnson
Category: EDUCATIONAL
Society and Culture Preliminary and HSC, third edition, has been extensively updated to address all aspects of the NSW Society and Culture Stage 6 syllabus in a contemporary context. This market-leading resource retains all the features you valued in previous editions, while offering brand-new focus stu ...Show more
Secrets of the Homefront Girls by Kate Thompson
Category: Fiction
A new series from bestselling author Kate Thompson. 'Kate Thompson's wartime novels always strike a chord and Secrets of the Homefront Girls is no exception. You can almost smell the Yardley violets drifting over the factory as the girls live lives complicated by the trials and tribulations of war' My ...Show more
Secrets of the Sewing Bee by Kate Thompson
Category: Fiction
Orphan Flossy Brown arrives at Trout's garment factory in Bethnal Green amidst the uncertainty of the Second World War. In 1940s London, each cobbled street is strewn with ghosts of soldiers past, all struggling to make ends meet. For the women of the East End, their battles are on the home front.Flossy ...Show more