The Great Gallipoli Escape by Jackie French

Thirteen-year-old LeoĪrnold hates his life. From award-winning author Suzanne Leal comes a gripping timeslip novel inspired by true stories. Yearning to escape the new family he never wanted, thirteen-year-old Leo Arnold is transported to wartime Europe where he must draw on his courage to save himself and those around him. Running With Ivan by Suzanne Leal $17.99 AUD He is one of the few trusted with the secret kept from even most of the officers: how an entire army will vanish from the Peninsula over three impeccably planned nights.īased on first-hand accounts of those extraordinary last weeks of the Gallipoli campaign, this is the fascinating 'lost story' of how 150,000 men – and their horses and equipment – were secretly moved to waiting ships without a single life lost.Īn unforgettable story told through the eyes of a boy who lied about his age to defend his country.Show more Nipper has played cricket with the Turks in the opposing dugout, dodged rocket fire and rescued drowning, freezing men when the blizzard snow melted. By November 1915 they know that that there is mo Sixteen-year-old Nipper and his Gallipoli mates Lanky, Spud, Bluey and Wallaby Joe are starving, freezing and ill-equipped. Renowned for her historical fiction titles, Jackie French now tells the story of the brilliant and famous evacuation of Gallipoli. The Great Gallipoli Escape by Jackie French $19.99 AUD Can they navigate the strange Roman world - from opulent city to distant sacred spring - and return the 12-year-old girl to her family before time runs out? In this standalone companion novel to the acclaimed The Boy Who Stepped through Time, featuring a whole new cast of characters, award-winning author Anna Ciddor has created a roller-coaster adventure that will have young readers on the edge of their seats.Show more They are offered sparrows for lunch and horse-spit as medicine, but that is only the beginning! When they ricochet forward to their own time again, Felix and Zoe discover they have accidentally brought a high-class Roman girl with them. He is flung back 1700 years to Ancient Roman times, dragging his very unwilling 15-year-old stepsister, Zoe, with him. When 11-year-old Felix finds a message in a bottle during a trip to France, he is in for the surprise of a lifetime. A Message Through Time by Anna Ciddor $17.99 AUDĪ pacey and action-packed time-slip adventure that carries step-siblings Felix and Zoe back to Ancient Roman times - and also, accidentally, drags a Roman girl into the present.