To the Max by Mark Inglis
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Category: Biography, YA,children
Mark Inglis is a man who lives life to the max.When he was 23 he was trapped in an ice cave near the summit of Mt Cook for 13 days. By the time he and companion Phil Doole could be airlifted from the mountain both men had severe frostbite and had to have their legs amputated below the knee. Though for m ...Show more
Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society (#2) by Adeline Yen Mah
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Category: Biography, YA,children | Series: Chinese Cinderella
After her father and stepmother throw her out of their house in Shanghai, China, twelve-year-old Ye Xian is taken in by a martial arts group, the Dragon Society of Wandering Knights, and joins them and her aunt in a mission to help the Americans fight the Japanese. Includes historical notes.
Refugee: The Diary of Ali Ismail, Woomera, 2001-2002 by Alan Sunderland
$20.00 NZD
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Category: Biography, YA,children | Series: My Australian Story
Ali Ismail is a refugee. In Afghanistan, the Taliban have murdered his father, and so Ali's uncle smuggles him out of the country to safety - to Australia. But instead of finding freedom, Ali is taken to a detention centre in the outback. For twelve long months he waits to find out if he will be allowed ...Show more
Greatest Treasure of Charlemagne the King by Nadia Wheatley
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Category: Biography, YA,children
My Forbidden Face by Latifa
$29.99 NZD
Category: Biography, YA,children
Like Desert Flower, this simple human story is a powerful way to tell readers around the world of the plight of a people, and this book couldn't be more timely. Latifa was born into an educated middle-class Afghan family in Kabul in 1980. She dreamed of one day becoming a journalist and was intereste ...Show more
Drake and the Elizabethan Explorers by John Guy
$15.95 NZD
Category: Biography, YA,children
Captain Cook and His Exploration of the Pacific by Roger Morriss
$8.51 NZD
Category: Biography, YA,children
The Freeing of Nelson Mandela: Days that changed the World by Simon Beecroft
$16.95 NZD
Category: Biography, YA,children
Dickens: The Life and Times of This Great Novelist and His Masterpieces by Nikki Barber
$14.00 NZD
Category: Biography, YA,children | Series: Snapping Turtle Guides: Great Writers
The life and times of this great novelist and his masterpieces. This series provides a fascinating introduction to the lives and works of major writers and the historical cultural and literary contexts in which they wrote. Ages 8+.
Captain Cook and His Voyages in the Pacific by Roger Morriss
$14.95 NZD
Category: Biography, YA,children | Series: Snapping Turtle Guides | Reading Level: 8-10
A SNAPPING TURTLE GUIDE which follows the exploits and adventures of Captain James Cook, from his successful charting of the St Lawrence River to his three major voyages to the unknown areas of the Pacific Ocean. Illustrated in colour and black and white.
Barack Obama: The Making of a President by Dawne Allette
$19.99 NZD
Category: Biography, YA,children
'I was not born into money or status. I was born to a teenage mom in Hawaii, and my dad left us when I was two. But my family gave me love, they gave me education, and most of all they gave me hope...' Punctuated with his own words, this biography traces the people, places and experiences that made Bara ...Show more