Flowers in the Gutter by K. R. Gaddy
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs - Older Readers
The true story of the Edelweiss Pirates, working-class teenagers who fought the Nazis by whatever means they could. Fritz, Gertrud, and Jean were classic outsiders: their clothes were different, their music was rebellious, and they weren't afraid to fight. But they were also Germans living under Hitler ...Show more
No Better Friend : Young Readers Edition - A Man, a Dog, and Their Incredible True Story of Friendship and Survival in World War II by Robert Weintraub
$12.99 AUD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs - Older Readers
The young readers' adaptation of the New York Times bestseller No Better Friend--the extraordinary tale of friendship and survival between a man and a dog in World War II.No Better Friend tells the incredible true story of Frank Williams, a radarman in Britain's Royal Air Force, and Judy, a purebred poi ...Show more
Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina Young Readers Edition by Misty Copeland
$17.99 AUD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs - Older Readers
Determination meets dance in this prizewinning and New York Times bestselling memoir by the history-making ballerina Misty Copeland, vividly recounting the story of her journey to become the first African American female principal ballerina at the prestigious American Ballet Theatre. When she first pl ...Show more
The Diary of Anne Frank (Abridged for young readers) by Anne Frank, Anne Frank
$14.99 AUD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs - Older Readers
One of the world's most inspirational books, sensitively abridged for younger readersSensitively edited and with a connecting commentary by editor, Mirjam Pressler, the abridged edition of The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank gives younger readers their first introduction to the extraordinary diary o ...Show more
Ugly (younger readers): Younger Readers by Robert Hoge
$16.99 AUD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs - Older Readers
Robert Hoge was born with a giant tumour on his forehead, severely distorted facial features and legs that were twisted and useless. His mother refused to look at her son, let alone bring him home. But home he went, to a life that, against the odds, was filled with joy, optimism and boyhood naughtiness. ...Show more
Questions I Am Asked about the Holocaust: Young Reader's Edition by Hedi Fried, Alice E Olsson (translator)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs - Older Readers
A young readers edition of the bestselling book from Auschwitz survivor Hedi Fried that answers questions about the Holocaust.Hedi Fried was nineteen when the Nazis arrested her family and transported them to Auschwitz. While there, apart from enduring the daily horrors at the concentration camp, she an ...Show more
The Kobe Way: The Iconic Moments and Maneuvers That Made Him a Legend by Brian Boone
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs - Older Readers
"I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan. I only want to be Kobe Bryant." Kobe Bryant was an unstoppable force. His secret: he played The Kobe Way. Go inside the techniques that made the "Black Mamba" a late-game hero for the Los Angeles Lakers, the on- and off-court leadership moments that continue ...Show more
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs - Older Readers | Reading Level: very good
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl is not just a true story but also a piece of history. Written by Anne Frank for herself, at the age of 13, the diary contains candid and intimate details of Anne's thoughts and feelings during the two years of the Second World War she and her family and friends stay ...Show more
Spare Parts (Young Readers' Edition) - The True Story of Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and an Impossible Dream by Joshua Davis
$32.99 AUD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs - Older Readers
In 2004, four undocumented Mexican teenagers arrived at the Marine Advanced Technology Education Robotics Competition at the University of California, Santa Barbara. No one had ever suggested to Oscar, Cristian, Luis, or Lorenzo that they would amount to much--but two inspiring high school science teach ...Show more
Mamba Forever by Mary Zaia
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs - Older Readers
Kobe Bryant had one of the most spectacular careers in NBA history, and his combination of talent, work ethic, and powerful ambition made him an icon both on and off the court. Now, for the first time, Kobe’s philosophy of success – his "Mamba Mentality" – is presented as a book of quotes that will reso ...Show more
My Place for Younger Readers by Sally Morgan
$17.99 AUD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs - Older Readers
Since its publication in 1987, Sally Morgan's My Place has sold more than half a million copies in Australia, been translated and read all over the world, and been reprinted dozens of times. Sally's rich, zesty and moving work is perhaps the best loved biography of Aboriginal Australia ever written. My ...Show more
Interview with Blackbeard & Other Vicious Villains by Andy Seed
$14.99 AUD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs - Older Readers
If you could go back in time and talk to famous villains from the past, what would you ask? Brave animal interviewer and author Andy Seed has adapted his incredible 'tranimalator' device into a time machine, allowing him to go back and talk to all kinds of figures from history! Get to know 10 famous vil ...Show more