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A Better Life: The Diary of Ivana Ivanovich, Dargaville, 1924-25 (My NZ Story) by Amelia Batistich
$15.99 NZD
$18.00 (11% off)
Category: Series - children | Series: My NZ Story
Reading age 10-13 years. The diary of Ivana Ivanovich. Ivana, the daughter of Dalmation immigrants, lives in a hard-working community focused on improving their lot. Just as the demands of school and home loom large there is an outbreak of polio that changes everything.
A Long Way from Home: The Diary of Lillian Glenmore, Whangateau, 1943 (My Story) by Lorraine Orman
$17.00 NZD
$17.99 (5% off)
Category: New Zealand titles - children | Series: My story
In late 1942 Margaret Glenmore realises that daughter Joyce, who is doing a secretarial course, will probably be manpowered into a war job soon, when the age limit is dropped to 18. Her other daughter, Lillian, is coughing a lot and an x-ray has shown a spot on her lung. Lillian needs to live in a healt ...Show more
Abandon Ship! The Diary of Debbie Atherton, Wellington, 1968 (My NZ Story) by Shirley Corlett
$16.00 NZD
$17.99 (11% off)
Category: New Zealand titles - children | Series: My NZ Story
Debbie is fascinated by the old sea journal her forefather wrote during his voyage on an emigrant sailing ship to New Zealand in 1842. At home, sick with glandular fever, Debbie feels transported back in time. Is it a feverish hallucination, or is her long-dead relative trying to tell her something? Aft ...Show more
Alfie by W Awdry
$4.50 NZD
Category: Series - children | Series: My Thomas Story Library
This is a story about Alfie the Excavator. Some of the pack teased him about being small, until he proved that you can by useful no matter what size you are.
Anne Boleyn and Me: The Diary of Elinor Valjean, London 1525-1536 by Alison Prince
$13.99 NZD
$18.99 (26% off)
Category: Series - children | Series: My Story S. | Reading Level: From 11 To 14
When the King came riding in on his big, black horse, a murmer went up, because his tunic was stitched with the words, DECLARE I DARE NOT. All the ladies were giggling behind their hands, and I asked Mama what it meant. Her face had turned quite pink and she said, ..Never mind.., so I asked Rosanna late ...Show more
Aquarius, My Ohu Year: The Diary of Starshine Penney, 1975 (My New Zealand Story) by Jill Brasell
$17.00 NZD
$17.99 (5% off)
Category: New Zealand titles - children | Series: My New Zealand Story
A junior fiction title in the established My Story series. In the 1970s the NZ government established a fund to allow the establishment of ohu, a commune-based farming co-operative. Starshine (previously known as Estelle) is whisked off against her wishes to live with her mother in the Aquarius ohu. Com ...Show more
Arry and Bert by THOMAS STORY LIBRARY
$5.00 NZD
Category: First Readers | Series: My Thomas Story Library
This is a story about 'Arry and Bert the Diesels. They liked playing tricks on the steam engines and getting them into trouble. But one Halloween, their trick backfired ...
Arthur (Thomas Story Library #41) by W. Awdry
$3.99 NZD
Category: Series - children | Series: My Thomas Story Library
Features five more characters such as: Arthur, Caroline, Murdoch, Neville, and Freddie.
Bastion Point: 507 Days on Takaparawha (My New Zealand Story) by Tania Roxborogh
$18.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - middle | Series: My New Zealand Story
Erica Tito had the perfect summer holiday planned. Then her father decided the whole family would pack up and join the protesters at Bastion Point in Auckland. No way! Instead of spending dreamy summer days training Silver, her horse, Erica and her family have to camp out in tents. At first everyone thi ...Show more
Battle of Britain: A Second World War Spitfire Pilot 1939-1941 (My Story) by Chris Priestley
$18.00 NZD
$19.50 (7% off)
Category: Biography, YA,children | Series: My Story
It's 1939 and Harry Woods is a spitfire pilot in the RAF. When his friend Lenny loses his leg in a dogfight with the Luftwaffe, Harry is determined to fight on. That is, until his plane is hit and he finds himself tumbling through the air high above the English Channel...
Be Counted: The Diary of Amy Phelps, Dunedin 1893 (My New Zealand Story) by Janine McVeagh
$17.00 NZD
$17.99 (5% off)
Category: New Zealand titles - children | Series: My New Zealand Story
Amy's father has fallen into the clutches of the 'demon drink' and, once a skilled jeweller, he is now an odd-job man who goes missing for days when he's 'on the booze'. The family is barely managing with mother's hard work. Aunt Delia and Uncle Joshua have offered 13-year-old Amy a chance at an educati ...Show more
Below the Mountains: The Diary of Amy McDonald, Milford Road, 1935-36 (My NZ Story) by Jean Bennett
$17.00 NZD
$17.99 (5% off)
Category: New Zealand titles - children | Series: My Story Ser.
The diary of fourteen year-old Amy McDonald who lives in the harsh environment of the Milford Road Public Works Camp, along with her mother and seven year old brother, Bruce. Her father has been employed as workshop supervisor on the dangerous project of building the Milford Road and Homer Tunnel, cutti ...Show more