It’s become a pilgrimage for Louise and her father. Travelling to Lindisfarne needed time and patience, as tides ruled the .....
Jean McLain learnt how to interpret and use morse code from her two older brothers as they messaged each other .....
Atama is worried about his dad going away to Vietnam. Dad is a radio operator in the NZ Army, and .....
Ann lives alone. She tries not to think of the last time she saw her family. Now, she just has .....
Siblings William (12), Edmund (11) and Anna (9) have just lost their grandmother. She has been their guardian since their .....
Kristina can’t wait to get back to her favourite place – Wendelby horse-riding camp. She will be spending ten days .....
Dita is fourteen when we first meet her in Auschwitz. She is there with her mother, her father in a .....
Royal Blue is a racing pigeon with an impressive pedigree, and he’s not shy in sharing it with everyone. He .....
Nipper knew what he was doing when he lied about his age. At only 16, he claimed to be 21, .....
Honora Hassett was different to her sisters and friends. Unlike them, she wanted to be a mechanic’s assistant when war .....
Beau can’t believe his luck. One minute he’s living on the streets, raiding rubbish bins in alleys for dinner, and .....
Milly is angry. At fifteen, she didn’t expect to be living in her grandparent’s house with her mum gone and .....
2001 – Jack and his mate Eddie are setting out on an adventure. After Jack’s dad dropped them and their .....
….a nuclear bomb is aimed at the town of the Brotherhood. Cricket (once a small robot who hated being called .....
At only four years old Peter Lantos could feel something changing in his life in Hungary. It’s 1944, and most .....
Violet is excited at the upcoming visit of the Red Cross to her school. She listens carefully to the lady, .....
Iris Wilkinson was also an avid writer named Robin Hyde. She was adventurous and stubborn, brave and just a little .....
Imagine a world made up of four separate realms. A Coastal Realm where art, singing, writing and imagination are celebrated .....
It’s finally over. Zofia Lederman has survived the soldiers, the ghetto, the trains and the concentration camps. She has survived .....
Worried about her future, a young woman has been unexpectedly given a chance at a new life. After only a .....
Zofia used to love playing a funny game with her Mama, Tata and Aunt Barbara. It was called Make a .....
Leonora and Minna are pleased their battle with the Orphan Master is over and they both survived – just. Now .....
Beginning with a powerful foreword by the master of middle-grade novels about war – Michael Morpurgo, we are soon with .....
Damsa looks around a strange gated compound, not sure what to think. She has been on the streets for the .....
Flying Furballs Take-Off is a brightly coloured, jam-packed modern version of the Children’s Annuals published in the 50’s and 60’s. .....
War is coming. Everybody says so. Noah doesn’t like his dad leaving to fight Hitler, but must accept it. Just .....
Stevie and her best friend Ray agree that nothing exciting ever happens in the street they live in. In fact .....
It’s 1946, and Miss Drury looks over the pupils in her class. She’s been teaching a long time and has .....