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Jehan and the Quest of the Lost Dog by Rosanne Hawke
17.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
Jehan closed his eyes to pray, then opened them again. It wasn't a dream. The water was still there - the biggest flood he had seen in his life.For nine-year-old Jehan, life in Pakistan is just as it should be. He attends school, plays cricket with his little brother and fetches water for his family. Bu ...Show more
Marrying Ameera by Rosanne Hawke
21.99 NZD
23.00 (4% off)
Category: Young Adult Fiction
A story of forbidden love and the gulf between cultures, as seen through the eyes of a Pakistani-Australian. Ages 14+ Seventeen-year-old Ameera has just finished school and her friendship with tariq, her best friend's older brother, is growing. But when her father hears of it he sends Ameera to stay wit ...Show more
Mustara by Rosanne Hawke & Robert Ingpen
29.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
The year is 1875 and Thomas Elder of Beltana Station fits out explorer Ernest Giles' successful expedition to find a way across the desert. Giles eventually returns, having twice traversed Australia on camels. This is a touching story about Emmeline and Taj, an Afghan boy whose father is a camel driver. ...Show more
Shahana: Through My Eyes by Rosanne Hawke
19.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Through My Eyes
Shahana lives alone with her young brother in the shadow of the Line of Control, the border patrolled by Pakistani and Indian soldiers that divides Kashmir in two. Life is hard, but Shahana ekes out a living with her beautiful embroidery. Then she finds a boy lying unconscious near the border. Zahid is ...Show more
Soraya the Storyteller by Rosanne Hawke
16.99 NZD
19.99 (15% off)
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Takeaways Ser. | Reading Level: From 10 From 9 To 13 To 12
Soraya is an 11-year-old asylum seeker from Afghanistan living under the shadow of a temporary protection visa. Soraya and her family begin a new life in a South Australian town. She attends school for the first time, though she had been taught at home. She studies hard so she'll be put in a higher clas ...Show more
The Truth About Peacock Blue by Rosanne Hawke
17.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
Everything changes for Aster the night her brother dies. Suddenly she's the only hope of the family, and instead of an early marriage to a boy from her small village in Pakistan, her parents decide to send her to the government high school in her brother's place. Aster is excited about this unexpected o ...Show more
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