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The Donkey Who Carried the Wounded (The Animal Stars #4) by Jackie French
$19.99 NZD
Category: Children | Series: The Animal Stars | Reading Level: Teen - Grade 7-9, Age 12-14
Jack Simpson's training as a stretcher-bearer hasn't prepared him for the horror of the Anzac landing on Gallipoli Peninsula. But when he finds a donkey who has survived being thrown overboard from a ship, the two form a partnership that will become famous. And when the battle is over there is still wor ...Show more
The Girl from Snowy River (#2 The Matilda Saga) by Jackie French
$24.99 NZD
Category: Children | Series: The Matilda Saga
In the tradition of THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER comes a gripping and courageous sequel to A WALTZ FOR MATILDA Ages:10-14 The year is 1919. Thirty years have passed since the man from Snowy River made his famous ride. But World War I still casts its shadow across a valley in the heart of Australia, particul ...Show more
The Great Gallipoli Escape by Jackie French
$22.99 NZD
Category: Children
Renowned for her historical fiction titles, Jackie French now tells the story of the brilliant and famous evacuation of Gallipoli. Sixteen-year-old Nipper and his Gallipoli mates Lanky, Spud, Bluey and Wallaby Joe are starving, freezing and ill-equipped. By November 1915 they know that that there is mo ...Show more
The Great Gallipoli Escape by Jackie French
$19.99 NZD
Category: Children
Renowned for her historical fiction titles, Jackie French now tells the story of the brilliant and famous evacuation of Gallipoli. Sixteen-year-old Nipper and his Gallipoli mates Lanky, Spud, Bluey and Wallaby Joe are starving, freezing and ill-equipped. By November 1915 they know that that there is mor ...Show more
The Road to Gundagai (#3 The Matilda Saga) by Jackie French
$24.99 NZD
Category: Children | Series: The Matilda Saga
The third title in the Matilda saga, which began with A WALTZ FOR MATILDA and followed with THE GIRL FROM SNOWY RIVER A true cross-over, that becomes a terrific holiday read for our literary adult market A page-turning, heart-warming family saga set in the Snowy Mountains during the Depression in the 19 ...Show more
The Sea Captain's Wife by Jackie French
$34.99 NZD
Category: Fiction (NR)
From bestselling author Jackie French comes a compelling story of murder, mystery, and mutiny on the high seas - and a love so intense it can overcome two different cultures. You never know what the sea will give you ... or what it will take back.When Mair McCrae follows her island tradition and hunts f ...Show more
To Love a Sunburnt Country (#4 The Matilda Saga) by Jackie French
$29.99 NZD
Category: Children
The year is 1942 and the world is at war. Nancy Clancy is 16 and left school to spend a year droving, just like her grandfather Clancy of the Overflow was famed for. Now Nancy's family has sent her to Malaya to bring home her sister-in-law Moira and baby Gavin. Moira is British and married to Nancy's br ...Show more
When the War Is Over by Jackie French
$29.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: 6
FROM ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S MOST-LOVED AUTHORS COMES A BOOK ABOUT HOMECOMINGS, AND THE ENDURING POWER OF LOVE. Now the war is over And they say the world is free, Though somewhere guns are snarling, You've come back to me. War may never truly end, but there can be homecomings. From two of Australia's most h ...Show more
Wombat Goes to School by Jackie French, Bruce Whatley
$19.99 NZD
Category: Children
She eats. She sleeps. She scratches. She goes to school... She sleeps. She eats. She scratches - and finds a hole. When Mothball discovers a new hole, it unexpectedly leads her to the local school. the children learn that wombats love carrots and grass, while Mothball learns that lunch boxes contain ver ...Show more