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A New Australian: Kerenza by Rosanne Hawke
15.99 AUD
Category: Childrens | Series: New Australian
Kerenza isnt sure about leaving her village in Cornwall and taking a ship to Australia, but she can be brave for her das sake. Where he sees a farm, she and her mam see endless bush and flies millions of them and hard work from dawn to dusk. Its almost too much to bear, but the Mallee has its own beauty ...Show more
Alex: Through My Eyes (Australian Disaster Zones) by Rosanne Hawke
18.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers | Series: Through My Eyes Ser.
A gripping story of one Australian boy's experience of devastating drought. A few kookaburras laugh in the gum trees. Alex grins - they don't often come up this far. His grandpa told him that if kookaburras laugh late in the afternoon, it will rain next day. 'Ha, someone needs to tell the rain to listen ...Show more
Daughter of Nomads (The Tales of Jahani #1) by Rosanne Hawke
16.95 AUD
Category: Childrens | Series: Tales of Jahani | Reading Level: very good
"Told over two books - the second book, The Leopard Princessout in October 2016. Daughter of Nomadscontains a sample chapter from The Leopard Princess.First moon of summer, 1662- Fourteen-year-old Jahani lives peacefully in the village of Sherwan. But havoc is brewing in the Mughal Empire with tyrants a ...Show more
Fozia and the Quest of Prince Zal by Rosanne Hawke
14.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers
Fozia noticed smoke from the chimney curling to the sky. The brick kiln was working again but she didn't want to go there. She couldn't let the kiln owner see her. Twelve-year-old Fozia has survived the worst flood in Pakistan's history. But her life will never be the same. With her little sister gone a ...Show more
Jehan and the Quest of the Lost Dog by Rosanne Hawke
14.95 AUD
Category: Young Adult
Jehan closed his eyes to pray, then opened them again. It wasn't a dream. The water was still there - the biggest flood he had seen in his life.For nine-year-old Jehan, life in Pakistan is just as it should be. He attends school, plays cricket with his little brother and fetches water for his family. Bu ...Show more
Kelsey and the Quest of the Porcelain Doll by Rosanne Hawke
14.95 AUD
Category: Childrens | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 2-3, Age 7-8
'Nanna, can you tell me a story just as if I were with you?'Kelsey is in Pakistan and wants to go home. Mum and Dad are busy helping flood victims and she misses her friends. But most of all, Kelsey misses Nanna Rose.Luckily, Kelsey can talk to Nanna on Skype. To help Kelsey feel better, they create ...Show more
Killer Ute (Joel Billings #3) by Rosanne Hawke
14.95 AUD
Category: Childrens | Series: The\Keeper Ser.
Joel Billings is in troubleogain. After being threatened by his jailbird father, Joel is packed off to a sleepy beachside town for a holiday with his biker foster dad, Dev. Only when a monster ute runs them off the road does Joel begin to suspect that all is not as it seems. Who is driving the killer ut ...Show more
Sailmaker (Joel Billings #2) by Rosanne Hawke
14.95 AUD
Category: Childrens | Series: The\Keeper Ser.
With his criminal biological father back in jail, Joel thinks all his troubles are behind him. He? looking forward to the future with his biker foster dad, Dev. But Joel runs into trouble when he and his best friend, Mei, discover that the island lighthouse is haunted. Strange noises in the night, unexp ...Show more
Shahana: Through My Eyes by Rosanne Hawke
16.99 AUD
Category: Middle Readers | Series: Through My Eyes
Shahana lives alone with her young brother in the shadow of the Line of Control, the border patrolled by Pakistani and Indian soldiers that divides Kashmir in two. Life is hard, but Shahana ekes out a living with her beautiful embroidery. Then she finds a boy lying unconscious near the border. Zahid is ...Show more
Soraya the Storyteller by Rosanne Hawke
16.99 AUD
Category: Childrens | Series: Takeaways Ser. | Reading Level: From 10 From 9 To 13 To 12
Soraya is an 11-year-old asylum seeker from Afghanistan living under the shadow of a temporary protection visa. Soraya and her family begin a new life in a South Australian town. She attends school for the first time, though she had been taught at home. She studies hard so she'll be put in a higher clas ...Show more
The Keeper by Rosanne Hawke
14.95 AUD
Category: Childrens | Series: The\Keeper Ser.
Twelve-year-old Joel Billings wants a father more than anything. He hasn? had it easy ?the school bully picks on him and his parents abandoned him long ago. He lives with his over-protective gran, who won? even let him enter a fishing competition. Joel reckons having a dad would solve all his problems, ...Show more
The Leopard Princess Book 2: The Tales of Jahani by Rosanne Hawke
16.95 AUD
Category: Childrens | Series: Tales of Jahani
"Told over two books - the first book, Daughter of Nomadsreleased July 2016.First Moon of Autumn, 1662- After reuniting with the nomads, fourteen-year-old Jahani is finally home. With her red hair dyed black, she can travel through the Qurraqoram Mountains without fear of being captured. But the tyrants ...Show more