Middle Reader 8-12 > Historical Fiction
A genre of stories that didn’t really happen, but are based on events in history. They're perfect for kids who love to explore the past, and are often full of big adventures.
The Great Gallipoli Escape by Jackie French
$17.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
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
Courage Be My Friend: The Vivian Bullwinkel Story by Jenny Davis
$17.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
A moving tale of friendship, survival, and the remarkable strength and resilience of women during World War II. Sister Vivian Bullwinkel was the only survivor of the Bangka Island massacre during World War II. Her evocative story is told through the eyes of fifteen-year-old Edith 'Edie' Kenneison. Siste ...Show more
Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk
$16.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2021'Harper Lee has a worthy successor. Wolk is a big new talent' The Times'Lyrical, timeless . . . A luscious, shivery delight' Kirkus starred review1933. When Ellie and her family lose everything, they flee to Echo Mountain. Ellie runs wild, exploring the mount ...Show more
Spies In The Sky: Inspired By The True Story Of The Pigeons Who Went ToWar by Beverley McWilliams
$16.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
From the writer of The Reindeer and the Submarine comes a tale of courage and hope, inspired by the true lives of the brave pigeons who helped win the war -Royal Blue is a royal racing pigeon of impeccable pedigree. His father was a racing champion, and Blue can't wait to follow in his impressive footst ...Show more
Secret Sparrow by Jackie French
$17.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
This is the story of women who fought during WW1, but not as nurses or ambulance drivers. In 1917 sixteen-year-old Jean McLain is working as a Post Office assistant in England. But when she wins a national Morse code competition, the British army makes a request Jean cannot refuse – to take a secret pos ...Show more
The Bookseller's Apprentice (Grandest Bookshop #2) (PB) by Amelia Mellor
$17.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Return to Amelia Mellor's magical Melbourne in the prequel to best-seller The Grandest Bookshop in the World, now in paperback. See a whole new side to Amelia Mellor's magical Melbourne in this action-packed prequel to The Grandest Bookshop in the World. Twelve-year-old Billy Pyke has a talent for sorti ...Show more
The Fortune Maker by Catherine Norton
$22.99 AUD
Category: Middle Reader 8-12
In a world captivated by the temptation of fortune telling, twelve-year-old orphan Maud Mulligan finds herself caught up in a web where strangers are making plans for a future they believe she can foretell. Which is more dangerous - a future you can't see - or one that you can? Twelve-year-old Maud Mu ...Show more
Ming and Hilde Lead a Revolution (The Girls Who Changed the World, #3) by Jackie French
$16.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: The\Girls Who Changed the World Ser.
The third book in the best-selling Jackie French historical series that places girls centre stage. Ming Qong is convinced that girls have changed history throughout the world. She's faced danger and adventure when Herstory sent her to the past to witness girls' bravery in the incredible feats left out ...Show more
A Message Through Time by Anna Ciddor
$17.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
A pacey and action-packed time-slip adventure that carries step-siblings Felix and Zoe back to Ancient Roman times - and also, accidentally, drags a Roman girl into the present. When 11-year-old Felix finds a message in a bottle during a trip to France, he is in for the surprise of a lifetime. Suddenly ...Show more
Running With Ivan by Suzanne Leal
$17.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Yearning to escape the new family he never wanted, thirteen-year-old Leo Arnold is transported to wartime Europe where he must draw on his courage to save himself and those around him. From award-winning author Suzanne Leal comes a gripping timeslip novel inspired by true stories. Thirteen-year-old Leo ...Show more
The Reindeer and the Submarine by Beverley McWilliams
$16.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
'Sometimes things have to change even though we might not want them to.' An orphaned reindeer with no antlers, Pollyanna is raised by Igor, a Saimi herder, and is more at home in the company of people than other reindeer. When she discovers Igor is leaving for war, Pollyanna decides to follow, but en ro ...Show more
The What If Histories of Australia: Gold Rush: Going Gold Crazy by Craig Cormick
$14.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
An amusing look at the alternative paths that Australian history might have taken in Australia's Gold Rush. The What If histories of Australia imagines a very different history of Australia, where the unexpected happens in unexpected ways. Starting by defining the real histories, the book then looks at ...Show more