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Becoming Billy Dare by Kirsty Murray
$15.95 AUD
Category: Children/Teenage Fiction | Series: Children of the Wind S.
The second of the Children of the Wind novels, <i>Becoming Billy Dare</i> follows the life of Paddy, a feisty Irish boy who on his mother's death decides to stow away on a ship bound for Australia and make a place for himself in the new world of 1890s Melbourne. <br><br>The Child ...Show more
Bridie's Fire by Kirsty Murray
$15.95 AUD
Category: Children/Teenage Fiction | Series: Children of the Wind
The first of four true-to-life historical adventures, this is a compelling story about a fiery Irish girl who leaves Ireland when her parents die in the potato famine, to make a life for herself in goldrush Australia.
India Dark by Kirsty Murray
$16.99 AUD
Category: Children/Teenage Fiction
Madras 1910. A troupe of child performers are stranded, having staged a strike against their manager. Their fate now depends on the outcome of a court case, and an alliance with gentlemen of the British Raj. Based on a true story, India Dark recreates shifting friendships and loyalties and the clash of ...Show more
Kids Who Did: Real kids who ruled, rebelled, survived and thrived by Kirsty Murray
$19.99 AUD
Category: Children's Non Fiction
A collection of true stories about kids and courage. Ordinary kids doing extraordinary things. Extraordinary kids trying to live ordinary lives. Real kids doing it tough. When the future looks dark, courageous kids bring light and hope into the world. Forty true stories celebrate kids who have proteste ...Show more
Penny to Remember by Kirsty Murray
$11.95 AUD
Category: Children/Teenage Fiction | Series: Making Tracks S.
George stuffed the spoon into one pocket and the drumstick into the other and clambered up the shelves to the little window ...When George is sentenced to seven years hard labour in Van Diemans Land his only thoughts are of his sister Hannah. What can he give her to remember him when he is so far away? ...Show more
Shadow Catchers by Kirsty Murray
$24.99 AUD
Category: Children's Picture Books
A delightful picture book that celebrates the joy of young children trying to catch their shadows - from the creators of CBCA Honour Book When Billy was a Dog and Puddle Hunters. On sunshiny mornings, we go shadow catching. Inside, outside, in our home and in our neighbourhood, shadows dance around us f ...Show more
Strangers on Country by David Hartley, Kirsty Murray
$29.99 AUD
Category: Children's Picture Books
Age range 8+ Giom, Anco and Duramboi are the names of just three young shipwreck survivors and convict escapees who were given refuge by Indigenous communities during the nineteenth century. No one knows exactly how many received sustenance from the local people, but there are some documented accounts ...Show more
The Clever Cats Book Club (Aussie Bites) by Kirsty Murray
$12.95 AUD
Category: Children/Teenage Fiction | Series: Aussie Bites
Alice loves reading more than anything, and she is proud to be the 'biggest reader' in her school. Then Sophie Smith turns up. Sophie is the daughter of the new school librarian, and she's an even bigger reader than Alice. With her more mature knowledge of books, she shakes Alice's confidence in her own ...Show more
The Four Seasons of Lucy McKenzie by Kirsty Murray
$14.99 AUD
Category: Children/Teenage Fiction
A gripping time-slip adventure set in a hidden valley. 11-year-old Lucy travels across the river of time to fight fires, battle floodwaters and discover the meaning of true friendship. 'Enchanting, exciting, and shimmering with magic, this is a gorgeous adventure from a master story-teller. I wanted to ...Show more
The Year It All Ended by Kirsty Murray
$16.99 AUD
Category: Young Adult
On Armistice Day 1918 Tiney Flynn turns seventeen and it feels as though her life is just beginning. Her brother and his friends are coming home from the Great War and her sisters are falling in love. But Tiney and her family find that building peace is far more complicated than they could ever have ima ...Show more
Topsy Turvy World : How Australian Animals Puzzled Early Explorers by Kirsty Murray
$29.95 AUD
Category: Children's Non Fiction
To the first Europeans who came to Australia, everything seemed topsy turvy. Christmas was in the summer and trees shed their bark but not their leaves. And the animals were bizarre. There was a bird that laughed like a donkey and a type of greyhound that bound along on its hind legs like a hare. There ...Show more
Tough Stuff: True StoriesAbout Kids and Courage by MURRAY, Kirsty
$15.95 AUD
Category: Children's Non Fiction
These stories are about children who have become famous for their talent, earned a fortune, protested, rebelled, prayed, saved lives, or just hung on through oppression and war. They range from Gengis Khan to a 17-year-old maths professor, from the wolf girls of India to chess geniuses.