Our Beautiful Game by Lou Kuenzler
$17.99 AUD
Category: Sport theme
A stand-out novel inspired by the incredible true stories of female football legends like Lily Parr and Alice Woods.
Running With Ivan by Suzanne Leal
$17.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Yearning to escape the new family he never wanted, thirteen-year-old Leo Arnold is transported to wartime Europe where he must draw on his courage to save himself and those around him. From award-winning author Suzanne Leal comes a gripping timeslip novel inspired by true stories. Thirteen-year-old Leo ...Show more
Traitor by Amanda McCrina
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Amanda McCrina's Traitor is a tightly woven YA thrill ride exploring political conflict, deep-seated prejudice, and the terror of living in a world where betrayal is a matter of life or death. "Alive with detail and vivid with insight, Traitor is an effortlessly immersive account of a shocking and litt ...Show more
The Wrong Boy by Suzy Zail
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Hanna is a talented pianist, and the protected second daughter of middle class Hungarian Jews. Relatively late in World War II the Budapest Jews were rounded up and sent to Auschwitz. Hanna and her mother and sister are separated from her father. Her mother becomes increasingly mentally ill until she to ...Show more
Anne Frank - The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
$22.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Reading Level: very good
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl is not just a true story but also a piece of history. Written by Anne Frank for herself, at the age of 13, the diary contains candid and intimate details of Anne's thoughts and feelings during the two years of the Second World War she and her family and friends stay ...Show more
When The War Came Home by Lesley Parr
$14.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
A STIRRING HISTORICAL ADVENTURE FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE VALLEY OF LOST SECRETS.The First World War has ended, but it hasn't gone away.When Natty has to move to a new village, she meets two young soldiers who are still battling the effects of war. Huw can't forget the terrible things he's seen, but Johnny ...Show more
When The World Was Ours by Liz Kessler
$16.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Three friends. Two sides. One memory. A powerful and heart-breaking novel about three childhood friends living during the Second World War whose fates are closely intertwined, even when their lives take very different courses. Inspired by a true story, this is the perfect read for fans of The Book Thie ...Show more
Always (#7 Felix & Zelda) by Morris Gleitzman
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Felix & Zelda
The final part in the highly moving 'Once' sequence about Felix, who began life in an orphanage, hiding from the Nazis. Late in life, Felix finds himself back where he started, living in an aged-care home that reminds him of his childhood orphanage. He's not happy. His body might be old, but his spirit ...Show more
Heroes of the Secret Underground by Susanne Gervay
$16.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
A timely and powerful time-slip story inspired by the author's family in Budapest during the Holocaust Louie lives with her brothers, Bert and Teddy, in a hotel run by their grandparents. It is one of Sydney's grand old buildings, rich in history ... and in secrets. When a rose-gold locket, once thoug ...Show more
Then (#2 Felix & Zelda) by Morris Gleitzman
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Felix & Zelda | Reading Level: very good
Felix and Zelda have escaped the death camp train, but where do they go now? They’re two runaway kids in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. Danger lies at every turn of the road. With the help of a woman named Genia and their active imaginations, Felix and Zelda find a new home and begin to heal, ...Show more
Red Day by Sandy Fussell
$17.99 AUD
Category: Advanced Reader 10+
Heartfelt contemporary storytelling at its best, with vivid historical flashbacks. Set in a modern-day small town among the remnants of a Japanese POW camp, this is the story of Charlie. Charlie has synaesthesia and hence sees and hears differently: people have auras; days of the week are coloured; nu ...Show more
Now (#6 Felix & Zelda) by Morris Gleitzman
$19.99 AUD
Category: Advanced Reader 10+ | Series: Felix & Zelda | Reading Level: very good
Once I didn't know about my grandfather Felix's scary childhood.Then I found out what the Nazis did to his best friend Zelda.Now I understand why Felix does the things he does.At least he's got me.My name is Zelda too.This is our story. Shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction prize 2010.Shortlis ...Show more