I Am Malala (Teen Edition) by Malala Yousafzai, Patricia McCormick
$20.00 AUD
Category: Biography
A MEMOIR BY THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE As seen on Netflix with David Letterman"I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday." When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai ref ...Show more
Pieces of a Girl by Kuehnert, Stephanie
$26.00 AUD
Category: Biography
A raw and bold YA memoir about abuse and addiction, and the power of expression and community that helped author Stephanie Kuehnert survive and thrive. Years before she would become a published author…years before she would find a voice and a home in the Riot Grrrl movement and emerging zine community, ...Show more
Father of the Lost Boys: Young Readers Edition by Yuot A Alaak
$18.00 AUD
Category: Biography
The inspiring true story of a teacher and community leader who led twenty thousand Lost Boys to safety during the Second Sudanese Civil War - now available for younger readers. During the Second Sudanese Civil War, thousands of South Sudanese boys were displaced or orphaned. In 1989, teacher and communi ...Show more
Tiddas by Anita Heiss
$23.00 AUD
Category: Biography
A story about what it means to be a friend … Five women, best friends for decades, meet once a month to talk about books … and life, love and the jagged bits in between. Dissecting each other’s lives seems the most natural thing in the world – and honesty, no matter how brutal, is something they treasur ...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
$13.00 AUD
Category: Biography
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
Penguin Bloom (Young Readers' Edition) by Chris Kunz, Shaun Grant, Harry Cripps
$17.00 AUD
Category: Biography
Available Feb 2021. Inspired by the true story of an unlikely hero, and adapted from the major motion picture starring Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln and Jacki Weaver I guess we all kinda knew our life was perfect and that we wouldn't change a thing.But sometimes you don't get that choice, do you? Sometim ...Show more
Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina Young Readers Edition by Misty Copeland
$17.00 AUD
Category: Biography
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
You Don't Know What War Is: The Diary of a Young Girl From Ukraine by Yeva Skalietska
$20.00 AUD
Category: Biography
Everyone knows the word "war". But very few understand what it truly means - when you find you have to face it, you feel totally lost, walled in by fright and despair. All of your plans are suddenly interrupted - Until you've been there, you don't know what war is. This is the gripping, urgent and movi ...Show more
The Amazing Dylan Alcott: How Did He Get So Good? by Chris Maher
$15.00 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: The Amazing Sporting Heroes
Imagine what it would be like to win a Golden Slam and Olympic gold, like the amazing Dylan Alcott! How would it feel to be a Paralympian and named Australian ofthe Year? Find out what it takes to get so good - the training, the bigbreaks and the challenges along the way. Get inspired to findyour own pa ...Show more
Against All Odds Young Readers' Edition by Richard Harris, Craig Challen
$18.00 AUD
Category: Biography
The incredible true story of the Tham Laung Thai cave rescue of a boys' soccer team trapped for days with no supplies and decreasing oxygen levels. From joint Australians of the Year Richard Harris and Craig Challen. Now in a special edition for young readers.A young readers' edition of the incredible t ...Show more
The Code Breaker Young Readers Edition by Walter Isaacson
$20.00 AUD
Category: Biography
Walter Isaacson’s #1 New York Times bestselling history of our third scientific revolution: CRISPR, gene editing, and the quest to understand the code of life itself, is now adapted for young readers! When Jennifer Doudna was a sixth grader in Hilo, Hawaii, she came home from school one afternoon and fo ...Show more
Dare to be Different: Inspirational Words from People Who Changed the World by Ben Brooks
$40.00 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: DARE TO BE DIFFERENT
A new book that will inspire children, by the global bestselling author of Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different. The words in Dare to be Different have great power. Ben Brooks has brought together 100 people who have all in some way or another used words to do wonderful things. Some may have chang ...Show more