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The Beach They Called Gallipoli (HB) by Jackie French; Bruce Whatley
$24.99 AUD
Category: Picture Books | Reading Level: 7+
An extraordinary exploration of Gallipoli created by the incredible Jackie French and Bruce Whatley Many books have been written about the battles of Gallipoli; the men who went to war and what they faced, the letters, and the tears of those left behind. But this is a book about Gallipoli, the place, an ...Show more
The Camel Who Crossed Australia (The Animal Stars #3) by Jackie French
$15.99 AUD
Category: Adventure | Series: Animal Stars Ser. | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 2-3, Age 7-8
Transported from his beloved Afghan plains and mountains to Australia, Rajah the camel is forced to join the baggage train for famous 19th century explorers Burke and Wills as they embark on an expedition to cross the continent from south to north for the first time.
The Ghost by the Billabong (#5 The Matilda Saga) by Jackie French
$19.98 AUD
Category: Young Adult | Series: The Matilda Saga
Hippies wear beads, demonstrators march against the Vietnam War, and the world waits to see the first human steps on the moon's surface. But at Gibbers Creek, Jed Kelly sees ghosts, from the past and future, at the Drinkwater billabong where long ago the swaggie leaped to his defiant death. But is seven ...Show more
The Girl from Snowy River (#2 The Matilda Saga) by Jackie French
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: The Matilda Saga
In the tradition of THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER comes a gripping and courageous sequel to A WALTZ FOR MATILDA Ages:10-14 The year is 1919. Thirty years have passed since the man from Snowy River made his famous ride. But World War I still casts its shadow across a valley in the heart of Australia, particul ...Show more
The Great Gallipoli Escape by Jackie French
$19.99 AUD
Category: Australian 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 Last Dingo Summer (#8 The Matilda Saga) by Jackie French
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: The Matilda Saga
A killer lurks behind the kindness of the Gibber's Creek community. Under the burnt timber of the church, the police have found the body of Merv Ignatious, the man who so viciously attacked Jed Kelly when she was fifteen, and tried to kill her and her unborn child in last year's bushfire. And also in th ...Show more
The Lily and the Rose by Jackie French
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Miss Lily Ser.
The Great War is over, but is there truly peace? And what of Miss Lily? Can she ever return? 'The story is equal parts Downton Abbey and wartime action, with enough romance and intrigueto make it 100% not-put-down-able.' - AustralianWomen's Weekly on Miss Lily's Lovely Ladies Sophie Higgs, heiress to a ...Show more
The Night They Stormed Eureka by Jackie French
$16.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: 10-13
A story about dreams, gold, rebellion ... and an unlikely friendship across time It's 1854, and the Ballarat goldfields are a place of dreams and rebellion as Sam, a homeless teenager, is called back to the past to join the Puddlehams, who run 'the best little cook shop on the diggings'. the Puddlehams ...Show more
The Road to Gundagai (#3 The Matilda Saga) by Jackie French
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: The Matilda Saga
The third title in the Matilda saga, which began with A WALTZ FOR MATILDA and followed with THE GIRL FROM SNOWY RIVER A true cross-over, that becomes a terrific holiday read for our literary adult market A page-turning, heart-warming family saga set in the Snowy Mountains during the Depression in the 19 ...Show more
The Secret of the Black Bushranger (Secret History #3) by Jackie French
$14.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: The\Secret History Ser.
The third in a series that explores our secret history By the 1790s orphaned Barney Bean finally has his own farm in the early NSW colony. All his dreams are coming true But now we are to learn of Barney's biggest secret yet: how he helped Australia's first bushranger escape. Was Black Caesar a wronge ...Show more
The Turtle and the Flood by Jackie French
$24.99 AUD
Category: Environmental Themes
A companion title to the best-selling The Fire Wombat, this is the story of Myrtle, a small turtle who, by heading uphill, tells the other animals that a flood is coming. Myrtle the turtle knows everything about the waterhole where she lives in the creek. She can also sense the giant flood that is comi ...Show more
They Came On Viking Ships by Jackie French
$16.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: From 10 To 14
This is the story of a Scottish wolfhound called Snarf and his owner, Hekja, whose simple but happy lives change unrecognisably when their village is raided by Vikings. As a puppy, Snarf is fortuitously rescued by a young girl called Hekja when he is badly injured. Both are then captured by raiding Viki ...Show more