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Animal Heroes by Anthony Hill
19.95 NZD
25.00 (20% off)
Category: Children Non Fiction
Here are twenty-one fascinating stories about the forgotten heroes of war: animals who have served beside Australian forces. These are all animals that dazzle with their courage and loyalty - or sometimes just by being lovable. Whether it's a rooster guarding his battalion during the First World War or ...Show more
Captain Cook's Apprentice by Anthony Hill
26.00 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
This is the enthralling true story of Captain Cook's first, three-year-long voyage to Australia on board the Endeavour, seen through the eyes of a cabin boy, Isaac Manley, who was twelve when the journey started in 1768. The trip is hazardous and exciting, and Isaac's eyes are opened to many new experie ...Show more
Soldier Boy by Anthony Hill
22.95 NZD
25.00 (8% off)
Category: Children Fiction
On 28 June 1915, young James Martin sailed from Melbourne aboard the troopship Berrima - bound, ultimately, for Gallipoli. He was just fourteen years old. Soldier Boyis Jim's extraordinary true story, the story of a young and enthusiastic school boy who became Australia's youngest known Anzac. Four mont ...Show more
The Story of Billy Young by Anthony Hill
37.00 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: 15+ years
Young Bill is the true story of the suffering - and survival - of an underage prisoner-of-war during World War II. Bill Young, who is still alive, enlised in the army in July 1941 aged only 15, though he said he was 19. He went to Singapore, was captured at the fall, and spent the rest of his teenage ye ...Show more
Young Digger by Anthony Hill
19.95 NZD
26.00 (23% off)
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: From 12 To 99
An extraordinary story about Henri Tovell who was known as 'Young Digger'. Orphaned, homeless and no more than seven years old, he attached himself to several British Army fighting units, until he was eventually smuggled back to Australia where he was raised by an airman as his own son. Ages 14+.
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