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1900: A Brand-New Century (My Story) by Carol Drinkwater
$19.00 NZD
Category: Childrens Books | Series: My Story
The diary of Flora Bonnington, London 1899-1900: 'A day slips away like sand in a sand glass and so we are caught up in this inevitable passage towards 1900. I bought a journal...it will record my journey into the new century. I shall call it 'Twentieth Century Girl' for that is what I intend to be'. ...Show more
A Better Life: The Diary of Ivana Ivanovich, Dargaville, 1924-25 (My NZ Story) by Amelia Batistich
$18.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | 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
$17.99 NZD
Category: NZ Children & Young Adult | 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
$17.99 NZD
Category: NZ Children & Young Adult | 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
Anastasia (My Royal Story) by Carolyn Meyer
$18.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: My Royal Story | Reading Level: From 8 To 12
Experience history first-hand with My Royal Story - vividly imagined accounts of queens and princesses from the past.
Anne Boleyn and Me: The Diary of Elinor Valjean, London 1525-1536 by Alison Prince
$18.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | 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
Bastion Point: 507 Days on Takaparawha (My New Zealand Story) by Tania Roxborogh
$17.99 NZD
Category: NZ Children & Young Adult | 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
$19.50 NZD
Category: Childrens Books | 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
$17.99 NZD
Category: NZ Children & Young Adult | 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
$17.99 NZD
Category: NZ Children & Young Adult | 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
Berlin Olympics (My Story) by Vince Cross
$18.00 NZD
Category: Childrens Books | Series: My Story | Reading Level: From 8 To 12
This is a new title to add to the popular "My Story" series. A young girl athlete has the chance of a lifetime when she qualifies to compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. This is a perfect title to publish in the 2012 Olympic year.
Blitz: A Wartime Girl's Diary, 1940-1941 (My Story) by Vince Cross
$18.00 NZD
Category: NZ Children & Young Adult | Series: My Story | Reading Level: From 8 To 12
BLITZ is a thrilling wartime tale about two siblings evacuated to Wales. It's 1940, and with London under fire Edie and her littl brother are evacuated to Wales. Miles from home and missing he family, Edie is determined to be strong, but when life in the countryside proves tougher than in the capital sh ...Show more