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The Silver Hand – Terry Deary
Bloomsbury Australia July 2018ISBN: 9781472929488 Imprint: Bloomsbury Education Series: Flashbacks RRP $14.99 We all know Terry Deary’s expertise in bring history to life – witness the success of Horrible Histories. Now he turns his hand to a lesser explored part of history in the closing days of the First World War, examining this through the…
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My Brigidista Year – Katherine Paterson
Penguin Random House Candlewick Press October 2017 RRp $16.99 ISBN 978-0-7636-9508-8 Winner of the Newbery Medal on two occasions, Katherine Paterson is a superb writer for children and now turns her hand to a historical narrative born out of personal interest. For many outside of America, including me, there is a scant knowledge of Castro’s…
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Barney and the Secret of the French Spies – Jackie French
Harper Collins Australia ISBN: 9781460751305 ISBN 10: 1460751302 On Sale: 22/01/2018 List Price: 14.99 AUD Another gripping episode in the story of Barney and Elsie, providing readers with more insight into the early days of the European colony in Sydney and NSW and I’m so excited that next term I’m using Birrung the Secret Friend with my Year 4s…
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Sweet Adversity – Sheryl Gwyther
TBC Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd ISBN: 9781460755105 ISBN-10: 1460755103 RRP : $17.99 In her new historical novel Sheryl Gwyther takes readers on a dramatic, sometimes tense and often poignant adventure to a grim time in Australia’s past – the Great Depression. While the Wall St collapse impacted all around the world, Australia suffered terribly…
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The Diamond Horse – Stacey Gregg
Harper Collins ISBN: 9780008124403 ISBN 10: 000812440X Imprint: HarperCollins – GB 01/05/2017 List Price: 14.99 AUD I’ve bought two of the previous books in this series for my library but not had the chance to read either so I was very glad to receive this one for review. Of course the horsey girls will love…
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Goodbye Mr Hitler – Jackie French
Harper Collins – AU May 2017 ISBN: 9781460751299 RRP: 16.99 AUD In a modern world that often seems to be filled with hate and prejudices and refusal to acknowledge basic human rights, we could easily fall into a despondency that could be soul-destroying. Many of us in daily contact with children will have observed that they…
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Yong : the journey of an unworthy son – Janeen Brian
ISBN: 9781925126297 Imprint: WALKER BOOKS AUST Distributor: Harper Collins Distribution Services for Australia and New Zealand August 1, 2016 RRP $16.99 There have been many accounts of the Chinese coming to Australia in the gold rush era both for adults and children but this is the first I have read which explores the history of some of these…
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The Lost Sapphire – Belinda Murrell
ISBN: 9781925324112 Published: 16/05/2016 Imprint: Random House Australia Children’s RRP $17.99 Once again Belinda Murrell has set her readers’ feet upon a path to the past with an ease that is breathtaking. When Marli’s mother has to go overseas for work for several months, the teenager is sent to stay with her estranged father in Melbourne, doing so…
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The Family with Two Front Doors – Anna Ciddor
ISBN:9781925266641 Publisher:Allen & Unwin Imprint:A & U Children Pub Date:March 2016 RRP $14.99 To take one’s own family history and turn it into a delightful, amusing and engaging story takes a real talent. Anna Ciddor has done so with this wonderful tale of family warmth, traditions and insight. Inspired by her grandmother’s stories Anna…
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