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Soldier on the Hill by Jackie French
$16.99 NZD
Category: Fiction - YA
It is 1942, Joey and his mum have left the city and the danger of bomb attacks. But Joey discovers a Japanese soldier hiding in the hills outside the country town where they now live. What can he do?
Somewhere Round the Corner by Jackie French
$16.95 NZD
Category: Fiction - YA | Series: Bluegum Ser.
Barbara, caught up in a demonstration, goes round the corner and arrives in the 1930s in another demonstration. In this time-shift story a homeless girl finds a home and family in the midst of the worst depression. Her new family live at Poverty Gully - a camp in the central tablelands of NSW.
The Camel Who Crossed Australia (The Animal Stars #3) by Jackie French
$17.00 NZD
$19.99 (14% off)
Category: Fiction - middle | 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 Dog Who Loved A Queen (The Animal Stars #2) by Jackie French
$17.00 NZD
$19.99 (14% off)
Category: Fiction - middle | Series: The Animal Stars
To the world outside her luxurious prison Mary Queen of Scots is either a shameless beauty who killed her husband or the rightful queen of England and Scotland tragically held captive by Elizabeth the First. But to the dog who loved her Mary is simply his mistress and the centre of his life. While Mary ...Show more
The Horse Who Bit a Bushranger by Jackie French
$19.99 NZD
Category: Fiction - middle | Series: Animal Stars Ser. | Reading Level: 9-12
The deeds and disputed stories of Jackie French's own ancestors inspire another novel - a novel of proud and gutsy horses, trailblazing farmers and their resilient wives, and desperate men forced to break the law to survive.
The Night They Stormed Eureka by Jackie French
$18.00 NZD
$19.99 (9% off)
Category: Fiction - YA | 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 Shaggy Gully Times by Jackie French
$26.99 NZD
Category: Picture books
Publisher's description: Look! Up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a wombat, a sheep and a dancing kangaroo - And they're on the front page of The Shaggy Gully Times! The small bush town of Shaggy Gully is home to many animals, including local celebrities Mothball, Pete and Josephine. P ...Show more
The Shaggy Gully Times: The Funniest Newspaper You'll Ever Read by Jackie French
$21.00 NZD
Category: Picture books | Reading Level: 5-8
Welcome, readers, to The Shaggy Gully Times, the punniest newspaper you'll ever read! Ages 4+ Look! Up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a wombat, a sheep and a dancing kangaroo - And they're on the front page of the Shaggy Gully times! the small bush town of Shaggy Gully is home to many ...Show more
The Tomorrow Book by Jackie French
$20.00 NZD
Category: Picture books
A timely picture book about a young prince who is determined to rule over a country where the future is filled with environmental hope - and practical solutions. Lively, fun and positive, this book serves to give young people information about their world and shows them that a lot of environmental solut ...Show more
They Came On Viking Ships by Jackie French
$17.00 NZD
$17.50 (2% off)
Category: Fiction - YA | 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
To the Moon and Back by Bryan Sullivan & Jackie French
$16.99 NZD
Category: Science - children | Reading Level: From 10 To 14
Who are the Honeysuckle Creek mob? And how did they assist the first moon landing?