Based on true events, Interned is a moving, well-researched and evocative historical fiction novel that highlights an often forgotten moment in Australian history.
It’s 1914. Gretta lives a privileged life in Singapore, the daughter of a businessman; Tilly lives a modest life in Brisbane, the dau..
Nine-year-old city newspaper seller Roddy becomes involved in the infamous Battle of Brisbane in 1942: when American and Australian servicemen fought against each other, rioting in the streets of the city for two days. When Roddy helps an American serviceman who's been involved in the fighting, he n..
A remarkable story about a little-known tragedy in Australian history.
'A brilliant and richly evocative insight into a fascinating and little-known aspect of our past.' Jackie French, Australian Children's Laureate It's 1900. thirteen-year-old Issy McKelvie leaves school and starts her first job -..
A story about a boy, a horse and the last great cavalry charge in history. In an army camp in a Middle Eastern desert, a young Australian soldier named Harry is saddling and grooming his horse, Bunty. She is sturdy and strong; an Australian waler who belongs to Harry's sister, Laura, back home in Au..
1891, BARCALDINE, QUEENSLAND THE SHEARERS’ STRIKE Maggie McAllister and her family are caught up in one of the most dramatic events in Australia's history. Maggie plays a part in no small way herself, through her writing. Her friends do not see things the same way and for Maggie, singing a rebel son..
Could there possibly be anything more absolutely, mega-embarrassing than being called Parsley? You bet. After a disagreement with the local council, Parsley’s dad decides to set up his own principality, making twelve-year-old Parsley … Princess Parsley. How about that for making you popular in your ..
London, 1940. Bombs are falling and ten-year-old Margaret Rose survives a deadly raid, but her family home is destroyed. In faraway Townsville in Queensland, her aunt is ready to take her in, although her eleven-year-old cousin Lizzie is not so sure. But first there is a long and dangerous voyage to..
It's 1915 and sixteen-year-old Australian Flora Wentworth is visiting Cairo with her archaeologist father. She watches with growing alarm as first a trickle and then a flood of wounded soldiers are shipped into the city from Gallipoli. Flora's comfortable life is turned upside down when a hospital v..