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Boxcar Molly by James Riordan
$16.95 NZD
Category: Fiction - YA | Series: Survivors S. | Reading Level: From 11 to 16
Set in 1930s Depression-hit America, this book features fourteen-year-old Molly who in an effort to find work, travels the railroads. As she rides the freight trains through the cities and the countryside, Molly sees the misery of the Depression at first hand.
Jason and the Golden Fleece by James Riordan
$34.95 NZD
Category: Folktales, Fairytales, Legends
Match of Death by James Riordan
$29.95 NZD
Category: Fiction - YA | Reading Level: 10+
Vova is a 15-year-old boy living in Kiev. His first love is playing football, but when the Nazis invade the Ukraine in 1941, priorities change, and Vova and his sister join the partisans, to attempt to fight the enemy. Soon he becomes involved in a game with much higher stakes.
My Side of the Story: Escape from War by James Riordan
$17.95 NZD
Category: Biography, YA,children
My Side of the Story is completely unique approach to historical fiction. Read the story of one youngster's life in turbulent times, then flip the book and find out first hand how another child reacts to the same events - with very different feelings and results! "Frank": Frank is eleven and lives in wa ...Show more
Rebel Cargo by James Riordan
$19.99 NZD
Category: Fiction - YA
Abena is a rebellious Ashanti girl sold into slavery on the notorious Transatlantic route from West Africa to Jamaica. Mungo is an English orphan who becomes a cabin boy, only to be kidnapped and sold as a white slave. Fate brings the two together and Mungo, risking life and limb, saves Abena from a ter ...Show more
Sniper by James Riordan
$19.99 NZD
Category: Fiction - YA
Stalingrad snipers were a legend in their time. Their patience, keen eyes and ruthlessness helped win the Battle of Stalingrad and turn the tide of the Second World War. This is the true story of a teenage sniper recruited in 1942 by Vasily Zaitsev to seek out and shoot German officers. To begin with, t ...Show more
Survivors: the Enemy: a Story from World War II by James Riordan
$16.99 NZD
Category: Series - children | Series: Survivors S.
It's Spring 1940 in occupied France when Marie and her mother find themselves looking after two injured soldiers. But one is English and the other is German and they are sworn enemies. The two patients must not find out about each other. Will Marie and her mother be able to keep the peace?
The Storytelling Star by Riordan, James
$19.95 NZD
Category: Folktales, Fairytales, Legends
The Young Oxford Book of Football Stories by James Riordan
$18.95 NZD
Category: Sport - children | Reading Level: 9+
A collection of stories - and some poems - about football. All the contributors are keen football fans who follow their teams all over the country. They include Michael Rosen, Robert Swindells, Barry Hines and Michael Parkinson.
Twelve Labours of Hercules by James Riordan
$29.95 NZD
Category: Folktales, Fairytales, Legends
These retellings of the ancient Greek legends recreate the labours of Zeus' much-loved son and mythology's mightiest hero. Illustrations including a map of the sites of Hercules' 12 labours accompany the text.
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