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The Letty Stories

Author : Alison Lloyd

Publisher : Viking

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 14,23 MB

Release : 2016-03

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9780670078059

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For the first time, read all four Letty stories in one beautiful hardback edition. It's 1841 . . . Letty's older sister Lavina is leaving England for Australia by ship. But Letty ends up stuck on board too, much to her sister's dismay. Can Letty cope with the long sea voyage, as well as building a new life for herself in a strange far-off land? Journey with Letty across all four exciting stories about a free-settler girl making her own way. Shy, brave and kind, Letty is an extraordinary Australian girl.



Our Australian Girl: The Letty Stories

Author : Alison Lloyd

Publisher : Penguin Group Australia

Page : 293 pages

File Size : 13,79 MB

Release : 2015-10-21

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1743484615

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For the first time, read all four Letty stories in one beautiful hardback edition. It's 1841 . . . Letty's older sister Lavina is leaving England for Australia by ship. But Letty ends up stuck on board too, much to her sister's dismay. Can Letty cope with the long sea voyage, as well as building a new life for herself in a strange far-off land? Journey with Letty across all four exciting stories about a free-settler girl making her own way. Shy, brave and kind, Letty is an extraordinary Australian girl.



Our Australian Girl

Author : Alison Lloyd

Publisher : Penguin Group Australia

Page : 90 pages

File Size : 16,15 MB

Release : 2011-06-27

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0143305425

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It's1841 . . . and if Letty wants to keep her job she must travel with her mistress to a sheep farm in the Blue Mountains, leaving her sister Lavinia behind in Sydney. Letty has heard that the bush is a wild place, full of strange beasts and dangers, not to mention the bushrangers who hide out in it. And as Letty soon learns, life on the land has plenty of challenges . . . Join Letty again on her adventure in the third of four exciting stories about a free-settler girl and her new life in a far-off land



Our Australian Girl: Meet Grace (Book 1)

Author : Sofie Laguna

Publisher : Penguin Group Australia

Page : 77 pages

File Size : 35,44 MB

Release : 2011-01-27

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 174253189X

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It's 1808 . . . and Grace is living with her uncle in London. They have no money, and Grace is always lonely and often hungry. The best part of her day is going to Fleet Street to talk to the horses that she loves so much. One afternoon Grace can't resist taking a shiny red apple from a grocer's cart - and then another... Before she knows it, Grace is being chased through the streets! Will she be caught and sent to prison - or worse? Meet Grace and join her adventure in the first of four exciting stories about a brave convict girl who is given a second chance.



Our Australian Girl: The Rose Stories

Author : Sherryl Clark

Publisher : Penguin Group Australia

Page : 280 pages

File Size : 31,92 MB

Release : 2017-05-29

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1760146633

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Independent, adventurous and courageous, Rose is an unforgettable Australian Girl. It's 1900 ... and Rose lives with her family in a big house in Melbourne. She wants to play cricket and have adventures but Rose's conservative mother won't let her. Then young Aunt Alice, a feisty suffragette, moves in with them and everything changes, not only for Rose, but for the whole country.



Meet Marly

Author : Alice Pung

Publisher : Puffin

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 36,70 MB

Release : 2016-04

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9780143308492

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It's 1983 in Sunshine, Melbourne, and funny, quick-thinking Marly is just trying to fit in. But being a 10-year-old boat refugee from Saigon doesn't make things easy. Especially when your cousins come to stay - permanently! Marly tries to teach them Australian ways, but as her school friends start making fun of her too, she is torn between her loyalties to her cousins and sticking up for what she knows is right, and wanting to fit in. To make matters worse, Marly discovers she has accidentally named herself after one of Michael Jackson's brothers ...



The Grace Stories

Author : Sofie Laguna

Publisher : Viking

Page : 413 pages

File Size : 23,98 MB

Release : 2013

Category :

ISBN : 9780670077540

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For the first time, read all four Grace stories in one beautiful hardback edition. It's 1808 . . . and Grace's world is about to change - from her tough life as a mudlark on the River Thames in London, to the adventures and challenges she faces as a servant girl in a new country. Journey with Grace across all four exciting stories about a convict girl who's given a second chance. Dreamy, thoughtful, brave and compassionate, Grace is an unforgettable Australian Girl.



Battle of the Jade Horse

Author : Alison Lloyd

Publisher : Penguin Group Australia

Page : 213 pages

File Size : 31,42 MB

Release : 2012

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0143305778

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In China's wild north-west, a mob ofbandits challenge the Emperor's rule. At stake are hundreds of priceless war horses and the ruleof the mighty Chinese empire. Even best friends Hu and Ren find themselves on opposite sides, torn apart by family loyalties. Ren and Hu must make terrible choices that could destroy them all . . .Or can they overcome all odds and find a way to bring peace? By the author of Year of the Tiger.



Wicked Warriors & Evil Emperors

Author : Alison Lloyd

Publisher : Penguin Group Australia

Page : 253 pages

File Size : 16,56 MB

Release : 2010-07-28

Category : History

ISBN : 0143304348

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Imagine you're made king at the age of twelve. You have plenty of enemies. You have a million soldiers armed with all kinds of awesome weapons, you have tons of gold and a network of spies. What would you do with all that power? It happened to a real boy, who made himself China's first emperor. He was brilliant and brutal. His legend, and the stories of his wicked warriors, have lived on for thousands of years. You might call him evil, but when empires are at stake, people do incredible things.



Our Australian Girl: Letty and the Stranger's Lace (Book 2)

Author : Alison Lloyd

Publisher : Penguin Group Australia

Page : 85 pages

File Size : 44,35 MB

Release : 2011-04-27

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1742533345

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IT'S 1841 . . . and Letty and her sister Lavinia have arrived in Sydney town. It's a dangerous place for two girls on their own. When Lavinia gets a job, poor Letty is left feeling useless and alone. Then she meets Mary, a strange woman with a secret . . . . Follow Letty on her adventure in the second of four exciting stories about a free-settler girl and her new life in a far-off land.