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The Camel Who Crossed Australia (The Animal Stars #3) by Jackie French
$15.00 AUD
Category: Chapter Books | Series: Animal Stars Ser. | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 2-3, Age 7-8
Transported from his beloved Afghan plains and mountains to Australia, Rajah the camel is forced to join the baggage train for famous 19th century explorers Burke and Wills as they embark on an expedition to cross the continent from south to north for the first time.
The Dog Who Loved A Queen (The Animal Stars #2) by Jackie French
$14.99 AUD
Category: Chapter Books | Series: The Animal Stars
To the world outside her luxurious prison Mary Queen of Scots is either a shameless beauty who killed her husband or the rightful queen of England and Scotland tragically held captive by Elizabeth the First. But to the dog who loved her Mary is simply his mistress and the centre of his life. While Mary ...Show more
The Donkey Who Carried the Wounded (The Animal Stars #4) by Jackie French
$15.00 AUD
Category: Chapter Books | 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 Ghost by the Billabong (#5 The Matilda Saga) by Jackie French
$19.99 AUD
Category: Chapter Books | Series: The Matilda Saga
Hippies wear beads, demonstrators march against the Vietnam War, and the world waits to see the first human steps on the moon's surface. But at Gibbers Creek, Jed Kelly sees ghosts, from the past and future, at the Drinkwater billabong where long ago the swaggie leaped to his defiant death. But is seven ...Show more
The Ghost of Howlers Beach (Butter O'Bryan Mysteries #1) by Jackie French
$16.99 AUD
Category: Chapter Books | Series: Butter O'Bryan Mysteries
Butter O'Bryan has been told there are ghosts on Howlers Beach, but are there? Howlers Beach, 1932 Butter O'Bryan lives in a Very Small Castle with his father and three aunts - Aunt Elephant, Aunt Cake and Aunt Peculiar. These aren't their real names, of course, just as Butter's father isn't really call ...Show more
The Girl from Snowy River (#2 The Matilda Saga) by Jackie French
$19.99 AUD
Category: Chapter Books | 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
$17.99 AUD
Category: Chapter Books
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 Great Gallipoli Escape by Jackie French
$19.99 AUD
Category: Chapter Books
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 Horse Who Bit a Bushranger by Jackie French
$14.99 AUD
Category: Chapter Books | Series: Animal Stars Ser. | Reading Level: 9-12
The deeds and disputed stories of Jackie French's own ancestors inspire another novel - a novel of proud and gutsy horses, trailblazing farmers and their resilient wives, and desperate men forced to break the law to survive.
The Night They Stormed Eureka by Jackie French
$16.00 AUD
Category: Chapter Books | Reading Level: 10-13
A story about dreams, gold, rebellion ... and an unlikely friendship across time It's 1854, and the Ballarat goldfields are a place of dreams and rebellion as Sam, a homeless teenager, is called back to the past to join the Puddlehams, who run 'the best little cook shop on the diggings'. the Puddlehams ...Show more
The Road to Gundagai (#3 The Matilda Saga) by Jackie French
$19.99 AUD
Category: Chapter Books | 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
$32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
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