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Tell Me Why for Young Adults by Archie Roach
$19.99 AUD
Category: True Stories - Sport
‘There are many Australian stories, and mine is just one about what happened to me and other First Peoples of this country. It’s important for me to tell my story - because it’s not just part of my healing but of this country’s as well. We all have a story and as you read this book I would like you to t ...Show more
Penguin Bloom: Younger Readers Edition FTI (Screenplay Adaptation) by Chris Kunz
$14.99 AUD
Category: True Stories - Sport
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
Fluffles: The Brave Koala Who Survived a Bushfire (True Stories of Animal Heroes) by Vita Murrow
$19.99 AUD
Category: True Stories - Sport | Series: True Stories of Animal Heroes
Fluffles is a picture book story based on the real-life antics and behaviours of the koalas in the outback. One day, Fluffles and friends noticed bush fires starting in the outback. There was nowhere to escape so they rose up, up, up into the trees to wait it out until the ashes cooled. But when they ...Show more
JT: The Making of a Total Legend by Johnathan Thurston; James Phelps (As told to)
$16.99 AUD
Category: True Stories - Sport
JT. One of the greats, simply the best. He is Johnathan Thurston. As a young Brisbane kid, Johnathan Thurston was written off as too skinny, too slow and too wild to play rugby league professionally. But he defied the odds to become one of the game's greatest players.In this young readers' edition of h ...Show more
Lacazette (Ultimate Football Heroes) by Matt & Tom Oldfield
$11.99 AUD
Category: True Stories - Sport
Alexandre Lacazette has shown just what hard work and perseverance can do. He might not be the flashiest player on the pitch, but he's a firm favourite with the fans for his goals, as well as his strike partnership with Aubameyang that helped Arsenal reach the Europa League final in 2019. The superstar ...Show more
Messi (Ultimate Football Heroes) by Matt Oldfield; Tom Oldfield
$11.99 AUD
Category: True Stories - Sport | Series: Ultimate Football Heroes
But when was young, he was so small that his friends would call him 'Little Leo' and coaches worried he wasn't big enough to play. Yet through bravery, talent and hard work, he proved them all wrong. Little Lion tells the magical story of how the tiniest boy in South America grew up to become the greate ...Show more
Morgan (Ultimate Football Heroes) by Charlotte Browne
$11.99 AUD
Category: True Stories - Sport
Alex Morgan is co-captain of Team USA and the face of women's football right across the world. As the star who leads the American attacking line, her height, speed and skill make her impossible to defend, and have helped drive USA to World Cup and Olympic glory. Alex Morgan is football's real life 'Capt ...Show more
Smith (Ultimate Football Heroes) by Charlotte Browne
$11.99 AUD
Category: True Stories - Sport | Series: Ultimate Football Heroes
By the time Kelly Smith was nine years old, she was already so good she was running rings around the boys at her local club and scoring goals for fun. But angry parents complained she was making their sons look silly, and Kelly had to move to a girls' team. From that day, she knew she had to be twice as ...Show more
The Eagle Huntress - The True Story of the Girl Who Soared Beyond Expectations by Liz Welch (As told to); Aisholpan Nurgaiv
$24.99 AUD
Category: True Stories - Sport
The subject of the award-winning documentary The Eagle Huntress tells the true story of how she became the first girl to compete in -- and win -- one of Mongolia's most prestigious competitions.In this compelling memoir, teenaged eagle hunter Aisholpan Nurgaiv tells her own story for the first time, spe ...Show more
Chinese Cinderella: The Secret Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah
$19.99 AUD
Category: True Stories - Sport | Series: Chinese Cinderella | Reading Level: very good
A Chinese proverb says, "Falling leaves return to their roots." In Chinese Cinderella, Adeline Yen Mah returns to her roots to tell the story of her painful childhood and her ultimate triumph and courage in the face of despair. Adeline's affluent, powerful family considers her bad luck after her mother ...Show more
Cricket: Batting (Know the Game Skills) by .
$10.95 AUD
Category: True Stories - Sport | Series: Know the Game
The Know the Game Skills series is the perfect introduction to a sport for every budding player. Each book aims to teach young players the basic skills they need to start enjoying their sport - by giving plenty of simple practice drills and showing how the star players do it. Cricket: Batting aims to te ...Show more
Cricket: Bowling (Know the Game Skills) by Luke Sellers
$10.95 AUD
Category: True Stories - Sport | Series: Know the Game
Cricket bowling skills and drills for children to practice.
