Download or read book The Letty Stories written by Alison Lloyd and published by Viking. This book was released on 2016-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Our Australian Girl The Letty Stories written by Alison Lloyd and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2015-10-21 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Our Australian Girl Meet Grace Book 1 written by Sofie Laguna and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2011-01-27 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Our Australian Girl written by Alison Lloyd and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2011-06-27 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
Download or read book Our Australian Girl Meet Letty Book 1 written by Alison Lloyd and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2011-01-27 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1841 . . . and Letty is on the docks in England, farewelling her bossy older sister who is about to take a long sea voyage to Australia. But then there is a mix-up,and before she knows it Letty finds herself on the ship too, travelling to New South Wales! How will Letty manage when her sister doesn't even want her on the ship? And what will it be like on the other side of the world? Meet Letty and join her adventure in the first of four exciting stories about a free settler girl and her new life in a far-off land.
Download or read book Our Australian Girl Letty s Christmas Book 4 written by Alison Lloyd and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1841 . . . and Letty must leave her job on the sheep-run because drought has brought hard times. Together, she and the Grey family set out over the Blue Mountains. When disaster strikes, Letty needs to be stronger than she could have imagined . . . Will Letty ever see Sydney – or Lavinia – again? Join Letty in the final of four exciting stories about a free-settler girl and her life in a far-off land.
Download or read book Our Australian Girl The Rose Stories written by Sherryl Clark and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2017-05-29 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Our Australian Girl Letty and the Stranger s Lace Book 2 written by Alison Lloyd and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2011-04-27 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Our Australian Girl Letty on the Land Book 3 written by Alison Lloyd and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2011-06-27 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
Download or read book The Grace Stories written by Sofie Laguna and published by Viking. This book was released on 2013 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Meet Marly written by Alice Pung and published by Puffin. This book was released on 2016-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 ...
Download or read book Battle of the Jade Horse written by Alison Lloyd and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In China's wild north-west, a mob of bandits challenge the Emperor's rule. At stake are hundreds of priceless war horses and the rule of 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.
Download or read book Our Australian Girl Meet Rose Book 1 written by Sherryl Clark and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2011-01-27 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1900 . . . and Rose lives with her family in a big house in Melbourne. She wants to play cricket, climb trees and be an adventurer! But Rose's mother has other ideas. Then Rose's favourite young aunt comes to town, and everything changes. Will Rose's mother let Aunt Alice stay? And will Rose ever get to do the things she loves? Meet Rose and join her adventure in the first of four stories about a Federation girl who's determined to do things her way!
Download or read book Wicked Warriors Evil Emperors written by Alison Lloyd and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2010-07-28 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Where s the Red Button written by and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where's the Red Button is the memoir of a former state ward in Victoria, Australia -- a true story of heartbreak and hope. When Lavinia Wilson is four years old, before going on a ride at the Melbourne Show, her big sister tells her, 'If you get scared, there's a red button you can press to get off.' It's a set-up by their dad -- there is no red button. Neither Lavinia nor her sister Mel can escape the ride. Or the father who threatens to kill them, in their home full of guns, junk and misery. Lavinia has no superpowers and no fairy godmother. But she is desperate and gutsy, so she runs away. However the government institutions that take her in don't give love and security either. By adulthood she is tired of fighting for survival?until she finds her red button.
Download or read book Year of the Tiger written by Alison Lloyd and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In ancient China, two boys forge an unlikely alliance in an effort to become expert archers and, ultimately, to save their city from invading barbarians.
Download or read book Bricks and Mortar written by Helen Ashton and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the life of a London architect from the 1890s to the early 1930s. This novel is about a 'very decent, simple, sweet-minded creature' who realises that his marriage has been a mistake yet makes the best of things: because he has dignity, commonsense and kindness, and is 'very much in love with his profession'.
