Download or read book When Hipchicks Went to War written by Pamela Rushby and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Kathy went to Vietnam in the 1960s, she packed a platinum blonde wig, a red satin fringed bikini and a pair of knee-high boots. She was sixteen years old, and she was going to a war. She didn’t come back the same girl as when she left ....
Download or read book Flora s War written by Pamela Rushby and published by Ford Street Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s 1915 and sixteen-year-old Australian, Flora Wentworth, is visiting Cairo with her archaeologist father. She watches with growing alarm as first a trickle and then a flood of wounded soldiers are shipped into the city from Gallipoli. Flora’s comfortable life is turned upside down when a hospital visit thrusts her into the realities of World War 1. She is soon transporting injured soldiers and helping out exhausted nurses – managing to fall in love along the way. As Flora battles to save lives and find her own, a tragic misunderstanding changes everything . . .
Download or read book The Horses Didn t Come Home written by Pamela Rushby and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story about a boy, a horse and the last great cavalry charge in history. In an army camp in a Middle Eastern desert, a young Australian soldier named Harry is saddling and grooming his horse, Bunty. She is sturdy and strong; an Australian waler who belongs to Harry's sister, Laura, back home in Australia. As Harry finishes the grooming he stands in front of Bunty. The two of them, horse and master, stand totally still. Then Harry swings up into the saddle and turns away from the camp into the desert. A few soldiers watch them as they ride out. No one says a word. It's their last ride together. The last great cavalry charge in history took place at Beersheba in the Sinai Desert in 1917. It was Australian soldiers and horses that took part in, and won, this amazing, unexpected, unorthodox victory. The men proudly claimed it was their great-hearted horses that won the day. But in the end, the horses didn't come home ... PRAISE 'A superb story about an extraordinary corner of our past' - Jackie French 'The Horses Didn't Come Home is an emotional and moving story that transports the reader back to 1917 and the First World War' - Toowoomba Chronicle
Download or read book The Ratcatcher s Daughter written by Pamela Rushby and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A remarkable story about a little-known tragedy in Australian history. It's 1900. thirteen-year-old Issy McKelvie leaves school and starts her first job - very reluctantly - as a maid in an undertaking establishment. She thinks this is about as low as you can go. But there's worse to come. Issy becomes an unwilling rat-catcher when the plague - the Black Death - arrives in Australia. Issy loathes both rats and her father's four yappy, snappy, hyperactive rat-killing terriers. But when her father becomes ill it's up to Issy to join the battle to rid the city of the plague-carrying rats. 'A brilliant and richly evocative insight into a fascinating and little-known aspect of our past.' -- Jackie French, Australian Children's Laureate.
Download or read book The Mummy Smugglers of Crumblin Castle written by Pamela Rushby and published by . This book was released on 2020-07 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A crumbling castle, a moat full of crocodiles, a catastrophe of kittens, and let's not forget the villains and the mummies! This rambunctious story has it all. It's England, 1873. When 12-year-old Hatshepsut (Hattie) Lambton's guardian is unfortunately eaten by a crocodile, Hattie is sent to live with hitherto unknown relatives: Great-uncle Sisyphus and Great-aunt Iphigenia, in their half-ruined castle in mysterious, mist-shrouded marshes. Hattie discovers Great-aunt Iphigenia is an Egyptologist who conducts Mummy Unwrapping Parties at the houses of wealthy clients. The Parties are managed by her two assistants, the sinister (and, to Hattie, highly suspect) Edgar and Edwina Raven. Soon, a problem arises. It has become illegal to export mummies from Egypt. The solution? To set out on a one-thousand-mile voyage up the Nile, to acquire - and illegally export - mummies for the Unwrapping Parties. There, Hattie makes a friend, Amal, who has problems of her own. Already, Hattie has had doubts about whether it is Right to destroy the bodies of ancient Egyptians. But there's no way the Ravens will allow the Unwrappings to be discontinued. They have a nice little racket set up. They threaten Hattie - and Great-uncle Sisyphus. Hattie knows they're serious. Dead serious. Back in England, Hattie finds herself on a desperate dash to a famous London museum, with a very special, heavily disguised Egyptian mummy in her arms. And the Ravens hot on her trail. Will her quest to preserve the mummy's eternal existence in the after-life be successful?
Download or read book Sing a Rebel Song written by Pamela Rushby and published by Omnibus Books. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1891. Maggie McAllister and her family are caught up in one of the most dramatic events in Australia's history: the Shearers Strike. The trouble that erupts between the Shearers Union, the pastoralists and the government has never been seen before on the quiet streets of Barcaldine. Maggie plays her part in the Unions struggle in no small way herself, through her writing. Her friends, a local pastoralist family, do not see things the same way, and for Maggie, singing a rebel song may yet have heartbreaking consequences.
Download or read book Circles of Stone written by Pamela Rushby and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The body of a young girl is discovered in a peat bog in Scotland. She's been preserved in the cold water for over 2000 years. Lea Green is present at the discovery. And Lea knows who the girl is. She's Ana. Lea and Ana have met before.
Download or read book The Cow That Swam Out to Sea written by Pamela Rushby and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matilda dreams of seeing new places and things, away from her ordinary life on the farm. But she never expected to see them by being washed away in a flood! Will she ever see the other cows again? Based on a true story of a cow's journey down the Brisbane River, this is a book about finding courage and being brave.
Download or read book Lizzie and Margaret Rose written by Pamela Rushby and published by Omnibus Books. This book was released on 2016-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London, 1940. Bombs are falling and 10-year-old Margaret Rose survives a deadly raid, but her family home is destroyed. In faraway Townsville in Queensland, her aunt is ready to take her in, although her 11-year-old cousin Lizzie is not so sure. But first there is a long and dangerous voyage to a strange country, also at war. Margaret Rose knows it's not going to be easy, and Lizzie is not about to make it any easier.
Download or read book How to Pee Standing Up written by Anna Skinner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-06-30 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stuck with a boss from hell? Trying to escape a bad date? Looking for a way to fix a friendship, or make it through your next family reunion? Believe it or not, the solutions to each of these dilemmas (and many more!) can all be found in this book. You'll also pick up tips on scoring a table for two at the swankiest spots in town, redecorating your place on a shoestring budget, and getting your hands on a super cheap plane fare. You'll even learn how to get out of credit card debt once and for all, how to shake a devastating break-up -- and, of course, how to pee standing up. Packed with loads of advice that every hip chick needs to sail through those sticky situations, How to Pee Standing Up is your must-have guide to life. In fact, we don't know how you've made it this far without it!
Download or read book Creative Grieving written by Elizabeth Catignani and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grief is often perceived as a dark and lonely journey; as a result, it is a topic we avoid in today’s society. Within a 20-month period, Elizabeth Berrien endured the loss of her stillborn son and the subsequent death of her husband on active duty in Afghanistan. She found herself a 27-year-old widow whose life had been shattered. In this book, she shares the experiences, the wisdom, and even the joy she gathered on her journey from grief to hope. Creative Grieving offers support and encouragement while acknowledging that there is no “right” way to grieve. Elizabeth tells you about the emotions she experienced while grieving in an ”instant gratification” society, the importance of self-nurturing, the balancing of grief and motherhood, the redefining of community and relationships, and the discovery of new passion and meaning. Her authentic account of grieving will empower you as you cope with loss. Along with Elizabeth’s personal stories are pieces of “Hip Chick Wisdom” from a community of women, “Creative Hip Chick Ideas," and a list of helpful resources. By reading Elizabeth’s story of vulnerability and courage, you will learn how to find your own creative way of moving through grief to hope—uncovering gifts along the way. www.CreativeGrieving.com and www.TheRespite.org
Download or read book Mad Mal desperado of the diggings written by Pamela Rushby and published by Rigby. This book was released on 2008 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bec's dad is in a band, a real bush band called Ned and the Kelly's. Bec loves to watch them rehearse and she loves to be a roadie when they play. She's learning to play the guitar, and is even writing some of her own tunes. There's just one thing Bec doesn't like - being the centre of attention. But then a tragic accident and a trip to the city shows Bec that she can do things she'd never dreamed of...
Download or read book Millions of Mummies written by Pamela Rushby and published by Jacaranda. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of Mummies is a fascinating story inspired by the ancient Egyptian practice of mummifying animals. Katty, her mum and new stepfamily share an exciting summer in Egypt where the interests of archaeologists and modern-day tomb robbers collide. It appears that Bastet, the cat goddess, will have a special role to play in the drama that unfolds. The novel is ideal for schools integrating English with SOSE/Humanities/HSIE as it provides an insight into ancient Egyptian civilisation. As part of the English Alive program, the novel has a number of accompanying worksheets, found in the English Alive Teacher Resource Book Phase 1, covering language, reading, thinking strategies, and an overview of the novel.
Download or read book Potiki written by Patricia Grace and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2001-09-12 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patricia Grace's classic novel is a work of spellbinding power in which the myths of older times are inextricably woven into the political realities of today. In a small coastal community threatened by developers who would ravage their lands it is a time of fear and confusion – and growing anger. The prophet child Tokowaru-i-te-Marama shares his people's struggles against bulldozers and fast money talk. When dramatic events menace the marae, his grief threatens to burst beyond the confines of his twisted body. His all-seeing eye looks forward to a strange and terrible new dawn. Potiki won the New Zealand Book Awards in 1987.
Download or read book My Uncle Captain Starlight written by Pamela Rushby and published by . This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tom is very proud of his Uncle Harry. In 1870, Uncle Harry drove 1000 head of cattle from Queensland to South Australia, over 2000 kilometres of the most isolated and arid country in Australia. But Tom's uncle was not just an amazing bushman - he was also a bushranger!
Download or read book Our Brother Andy written by Pamela Rushby and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1914. Tom's eldest brother Andy has decided to join the Light Horse Brigade. He is being sent overseas to fight in the war. Life on the farm is hard without Andy and his horse Sunny to help. Tom and his family miss Andy very much, and they hope they will see him again soon.
Download or read book Princess Parsley written by Pamela Rushby and published by Omnibus Books. This book was released on 2016-01-08 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could there possibly be anything more absolutely, mega embarrassing than being called Parsley? You bet. After a disagreement with the local council, Parsleys dad decides to set up his own principality, making 12-year-old Parsley - Princess Parsley! How about that for making you popular in your first year of high school? But it's the way Parsley approaches being a princess that really causes a stir, and a lot of laughs.
