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Victoria (My Royal Story) by Anna Kirwan
$19.00 NZD
Category: Childrens Books | Series: My Royal Story
Experience history first-hand with "My Royal Story" - vividly imagined accounts of queens and princesses from the past.
Vietnam (My Australian Story) by Deborah Challinor
$19.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: My Australian Story
Here we are, fighting alongside the so-called mightiest nation on earth with all the firepower you could ask forjets, B52s, tanks, gunships, rockets, napalm, you name itand the VC are creeping around with a rifle each and we still can't beat the buggers! And it's getting worse, not better. It's 1969. Th ...Show more
Viking Blood: A Viking Warrior AD 1008 (My Story) by Andrew Donkin
$18.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: My Story | Reading Level: From 8 To 12
It's 1008 AD, and after being injured in a raid that goes horribly wrong, Tor Scaldbane is devastated at losing his chance to be a legendary warrior. But then he remembers the sagas of his ancestors; glorious, bloody battles, ancient heroes, powerful gods...realizes that all might not be lost after all. ...Show more
War Nurse by Sue Reid
$18.99 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: My Story S. | Reading Level: From 8 To 12
This is the diary of Kitty, an 18-year-old VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment), during the years of 1940 and 1941. As a nurse working in the military hospitals in the south of England, Kitty sees at close hand the effects of war - notably the casualties of Dunkirk. The diary details the historical events and ...Show more
War Nurse: A Second World War Girl's Diary 1939-1940 (My Story) by Sue Reid
$20.00 NZD
Category: Childrens Books | Series: My Story
When war breaks out in 1939 Kitty signs up to be a Red Cross nurse in a military hospital. It's not long before she's needed to treat badly wounded casualties from the war now raging across Europe. Then the hospital takes a direct hit and Kitty finds herself a reluctant heroine. Experience history firs ...Show more
War Stories for Boys (My Story Collection) by Chris Priestley
$26.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: My Story Collection | Reading Level: 10-13
The Battle of Britain - when the RAF fought the Luftwaffe for control of the skies above the English Channel. The decisive battle at Alamein, where the British 'Eighth Army' destroyed the German forces in Egypt. D-Day - the Allied invasion of France, when 130,000 men were landed on the Normandy beaches ...Show more
War Stories for Girls (My Story Collection) by Jill Atkins
$26.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: My Story Collection | Reading Level: From 9 To 12
This book contains stories including "Blitz", "War Nurse" and "Sophie's Secret War".
Wartime Princess: Her Royal Highness Elizabeth Windsor 1939 (My Story) by Valerie Wilding
$18.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: My Royal Story | Reading Level: From 8 To 12
In 1939, on a royal tour of Dartmouth Naval College, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) meets the dashing Prince Philip of Greece. Immediately they begin a correspondence, as war breas out across Europe, where Philip is sent to serve in the Navy. Elizabeth convinces her father the King, despi ...Show more
What If They Find Us? (My True Story) by Kathy Clarke
$0.00 NZD
Category: Childrens Books | Series: My Story | Reading Level: From 8 To 12
Drawing on the memories of her mother and aunt, Kathy tells the true story of two young Jewish girls: Susan and Vera, who in German-occupied Hungary suddenly find themselves remove from the family home and sent to a convent to be kept "safe" from the Nazis. Here they discover the meaning of humanity as ...Show more
Within These Walls by Robyn Bavati
$19.00 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: My Holocaust Story
Whatever is coming, we'll face it together, as a family. As long as we're together, we'll be okay. For Miri and her family, life in Warsaw is full of simple joys. The smell of freshly baked challah, the pink flowers that bloom in their courtyard, the promise of summer holidays, and Fridays when everyone ...Show more
Workhouse: A Victorian Girl's Diary 1871 (My Story) by Pamela Oldfield
$20.00 NZD
Category: Childrens Books | Series: My Story
It's January 1871 when Edith, the sheltered daughter of a wealthy widow, pays her first eventful visit to the workhouse for the poor. There she meets Rosie, a rebellious, quick-tempered orphan who is always getting into trouble. Edith soon finds herself drawn into Rosie's wild schemes and both their l ...Show more
Young Nanny (My Story) by Frances Mary Hendry
$19.50 NZD
Category: Children & Young Adult | Series: My Story | Reading Level: From 8 To 12
The diary of Lily Hicks, London 1850-1851: 'The Crystal Palace is more wonderful every time we go, with coloured light everywhere so airy and delicate, but strong. Master has made a miracle, everybody says so. And as for the exhibits inside, there are more and more every day'.