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War Nurse by Sue Reid
Category: Education | Series: My Story S.
This is the diary of Kitty, an 18-year-old VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment), during the years of 1940 and 1941. As a nurse working in the military hospitals in the south of England, Kitty sees at close hand the effects of war - notably the casualties of Dunkirk. The diary details the historical events and ...Show more
War Nurse: A Second World War Girl's Diary 1939-1940 (My Story) by Sue Reid
Category: Education | Series: My Story
When war breaks out in 1939 Kitty signs up to be a Red Cross nurse in a military hospital. It's not long before she's needed to treat badly wounded casualties from the war now raging across Europe. Then the hospital takes a direct hit and Kitty finds herself a reluctant heroine. Experience history firs ...Show more
War Spy (My Story) by Jim Eldridge
Category: Education | Series: My Story
Paul Leland is a 13-year-old boy living in rural France. He has been living under Nazi occupation since 1940. Working with the Resistance cell in his village, Paul is a crucial figure in the 'escape route' for allied POWs and agents.
War Stories for Boys (My Story Collection) by Chris Priestley
Category: Education | Series: My Story Collection
The Battle of Britain - when the RAF fought the Luftwaffe for control of the skies above the English Channel. The decisive battle at Alamein, where the British 'Eighth Army' destroyed the German forces in Egypt. D-Day - the Allied invasion of France, when 130,000 men were landed on the Normandy beaches ...Show more
War Stories for Girls (My Story Collection) by Jill Atkins
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: My Story Collection
This book contains stories including "Blitz", "War Nurse" and "Sophie's Secret War".
Wartime Princess: Her Royal Highness Elizabeth Windsor 1939 (My Story) by Valerie Wilding
Category: Education | Series: My Royal Story
In 1939, on a royal tour of Dartmouth Naval College, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) meets the dashing Prince Philip of Greece. Immediately they begin a correspondence, as war breas out across Europe, where Philip is sent to serve in the Navy. Elizabeth convinces her father the King, despi ...Show more
Who Am I? (My Australian Story) by Anita Heiss
Category: Education | Series: My Australian Story
I woke up this morning and I couldn't stop crying, cos this place is not my home, even though everyone says it is. When I was a little girl Mum would always hug me when I cried and tell me everything would be all right. Who's gunna hug me here? Mary lives with the Burkes, but they're not her real family ...Show more
Who Am I? (My Story) by Anita Heiss
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: My story
Mary Talence has been given a diary for her 10th birthday, and in it she documents her life at Bomaderry Aboriginal Children's Home. When a white couple fosters Mary, she must deal with a new family, environment and culture. But all the time, memories of Mary's past continue to confuse her.
Within These Walls by Robyn Bavati
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: My Holocaust Story
Whatever is coming, we'll face it together, as a family. As long as we're together, we'll be okay. For Miri and her family, life in Warsaw is full of simple joys. The smell of freshly baked challah, the pink flowers that bloom in their courtyard, the promise of summer holidays, and Fridays when everyone ...Show more
Workhouse: A Victorian Girl's Diary 1871 (My Story) by Pamela Oldfield
Category: Education | Series: My Story
It's January 1871 when Edith, the sheltered daughter of a wealthy widow, pays her first eventful visit to the workhouse for the poor. There she meets Rosie, a rebellious, quick-tempered orphan who is always getting into trouble. Edith soon finds herself drawn into Rosie's wild schemes and both their l ...Show more
Yankee Whaler: My Story by Deborah Lisson
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: My story
Thomas dreams of escaping his bleak life in a small town and becoming a world-famous journalist. Guided by his adventurous spirit and insatiable curiosity, he smuggles himself aboard an American whaling ship, and finds himself caught up in one of the most daring escape plans in Australian history.
Young Nanny (My Story) by Frances Mary Hendry
Category: Children's Fiction | Series: My Story
The diary of Lily Hicks, London 1850-1851: 'The Crystal Palace is more wonderful every time we go, with coloured light everywhere so airy and delicate, but strong. Master has made a miracle, everybody says so. And as for the exhibits inside, there are more and more every day'.