Always (#7 Felix & Zelda) by Morris Gleitzman
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Felix & Zelda
The final part in the highly moving 'Once' sequence about Felix, who began life in an orphanage, hiding from the Nazis. Late in life, Felix finds himself back where he started, living in an aged-care home that reminds him of his childhood orphanage. He's not happy. His body might be old, but his spirit ...Show more
Becoming Muhammad Ali by Kwame Alexander; James Patterson
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Category: Biographies
From two heavy-hitters in children's literature comes a critically acclaimed biographical novel of cultural icon Muhammad Ali. *"This utterly delightful story about Ali's childhood is a smash hit." --School Library Journal (starred review) Five starred reviews Before he was a household name, Cassius C ...Show more
Then (#2 Felix & Zelda) by Morris Gleitzman
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Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Felix & Zelda | Reading Level: very good
Felix and Zelda have escaped the death camp train, but where do they go now? They’re two runaway kids in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. Danger lies at every turn of the road. With the help of a woman named Genia and their active imaginations, Felix and Zelda find a new home and begin to heal, ...Show more
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
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Category: Advanced Reader 10+ | Series: Vintage Children's Classics Ser.
'Some things are just sitting there, minding their own business, waiting to be discovered. Like America. And other things are probably better off left alone.' Nine-year-old Bruno has a lot of things on his mind. Who is the 'Fury'? Why did he make them leave their nice home in Berlin to go to 'Out-With' ...Show more
Catch a Falling Star by Meg McKinlay
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Category: Historical Fiction | Reading Level: Younger Readers
This coming-of-age story by multiple-award-winner Meg McKinlay is about loss and grief, dealing with change and fighting to hold on to what you can, while letting go of what you can't. It's 1979 and the sky is falling. Skylab, that is. Somewhere high above Frankie Avery, one of the world's first space s ...Show more
Soon (#4 Felix & Zelda) by Morris Gleitzman
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Category: Advanced Reader 10+ | Series: Once
The war has officially ended, but the streets are still a battleground--for food, for shelter, for protection. Felix is in hiding to stay safe, but has been left holding the baby--literally. Feliz vows protect the infant, just as a few incredible people saved him from the Holocaust. This immensely affec ...Show more
Once (#1 Felix & Zelda) by Morris Gleitzman
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Category: Advanced Reader 10+ | Series: #1Felix & Zelda | Reading Level: very good
Once I escaped from an orphanage to find my Mum and Dad. Once I saved a girl called Zelda from a burning house. Once I made a Nazi with toothache laugh. My name is Felix. This is my story. Felix lives in a convent orphanage in Poland. He is convinced his parents are still alive and that they will one da ...Show more
After (#3 Felix & Zelda) by Morris Gleitzman
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Category: Advanced Reader 10+ | Series: Once | Reading Level: 11+
After the Nazis took my parents I was scaredAfter they killed my best friend I was angryAfter they ruined my thirteenth birthday I was determinedTo get to the forest To join forces with Gabriek and Yuli To be a familyTo defeat the Nazis after all
The War that Saved My Life (#1 War) by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
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Category: Advanced Reader 10+ | Series: Ada | Reading Level: good-very good
An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War 2, from the acclaimed author of Jefferson's Sons and for fans of Number the Stars. Nine-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada's twisted foot to let her outside. So when her li ...Show more