True stories (Children's/YA)

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Book Cover:  Photographs In The Mud
By Dianne Wolfer & Brian Harrison-Lever
The Kokoda Track, 1942. Jack and Hoshi are soldiers on opposite sides in the war who meet in battle, discovering that they have much more in common than they had ever realised.

Photographs in the Mud is a beautifully illustrated and moving story of events on the Kokoda Track during the Second World War from the point of view of two soldiers – one Australian, the other Japanese. It tells a compassionate...

The Kokoda Track, 1942. Jack and Hoshi are soldiers on opposite sides in the war who meet in battle, discovering that they have much more in common than they had ever realised.

Photographs in the Mud is...

Published: 01/11/2007
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921361043
RRP: $16.95
Book Cover:  Sally's Story: My Place for Young Readers
My Place is Sally Morgan's rich, zesty and moving story of her childhood and growing up in Perth, Western Australia. It tells how she gradually came to realise the truth about her family and their heritage. In its original edition, My Place was warmly and enthusiastically received by readers and critics. This new edition has been adapted for younger readers.
My Place is Sally Morgan's rich, zesty and moving story of her childhood and growing up in Perth, Western Australia. It tells how she gradually came to realise the truth about her family and their heritage...
Published: 01/10/1990
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780949206787
RRP: $14.95
Book Cover:  Happy Feet's Incredible Journey

On 21 June 2011 a lonely emperor penguin stepped onto Peka Peka beach and into the hearts of the world. He had swum further from his home in Antarctica than any emperor penguin ever recorded.

What did he think of the strange place he had come to? What did he think of the people he met? Why did he eat all that sand and get so sick? And how did he feel when it was finally time to go home?

By the time...

On 21 June 2011 a lonely emperor penguin stepped onto Peka Peka beach and into the hearts of the world. He had swum further from his home in Antarctica than any emperor penguin ever recorded.

What did...

Published: 28/11/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143306924
RRP: $16.99
Book Cover:  Three Cups of Tea: Young Reader Edition

With the first cup of tea you are a stranger.
With the second . . .
  a friend.

With the first cup of tea you are a stranger.
With the second . . .
  a friend.

Published: 02/02/2009
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143304630
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Mao's Last Dancer: Young Readers Edition

One day, not so very many years ago, a small peasant boy was chosen to study ballet at the Beijing Dance Academy. His mother urged him to take this chance of a lifetime.

One day, not so very many years ago, a small peasant boy was chosen to study ballet at the Beijing Dance Academy. His mother urged him to take this chance of a lifetime.

Published: 02/05/2005
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143301646
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover: The Legend of Little Fur: A Mystery of Wolves
Discovering that her friend Ginger is in terrible danger, Little Fur frees the old wolf Greysong from the zoo and together they travel to the frozen mountains.  
Discovering that her friend Ginger is in terrible danger, Little Fur frees the old wolf Greysong from the zoo and together they travel to the frozen mountains.  
Published: 25/01/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143300755
RRP: $16.95
Book Cover:  Black Jack Anderson

Anderson and his men came in under the stern of HMS Shannon , jammed her rudder and scrambled up her ropes.

But the captain had been looking out for them. He had orders to capture Anderson if he came within range, and to take him to Hobart for trial. At pistol point, the captain called on Anderson to surrender.

Anderson and his men came in under the stern of HMS Shannon , jammed her rudder and scrambled up her ropes.

But the captain had been looking out for them. He had orders to capture Anderson if he came within...

Published: 27/06/2008
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143005940
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Off the Rails: From Moscow to Beijing by Bike

This is the true story of two twenty-year-old Australians who travelled for fourteen months on recumbent bicycles from Russia, across Siberia and Mongolia, to Beijing. It is as much a story about perseverance, passion and belief as it is about the people and remarkable landscapes of Siberia and Mongolia.

This is the true story of two twenty-year-old Australians who travelled for fourteen months on recumbent bicycles from Russia, across Siberia and Mongolia, to Beijing. It is as much a story about perseverance...

Published: 31/07/2006
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143005568
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  Captain Cook's Apprentice

'What are they saying?' Isaac asked Taiata.
'They are calling us
tupua . . . goblins and demons.'
'And what else?'
'They say they will come back and kill us all.'

When young Isaac Manley sailed on the Endeavour from England in 1768, no one on board knew if a mysterious southern continent existed in the vast Pacific Ocean. It would be a voyage full of uncertainties and terrors.

'What are they saying?' Isaac asked Taiata.
'They are calling us
tupua . . . goblins and demons.'
'And what else?'
'They say they will come back and kill us all.'

When young Isaac Manley sailed on the...

Published: 01/09/2008
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143004820
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  I Can Jump Puddles
I Can Jump Puddles is Alan Marshall's story of his childhood – a happy world in which, despite his crippling poliomyelitis, he plays, climbs, fights, swims, rides and laughs.

His world was the Australian countryside early last century: rough-riders, bushmen, farmers and tellers of tall stories – a world held precious by the young Alan Marshall.

I Can Jump Puddles is Alan Marshall's story of his childhood – a happy world in which, despite his crippling poliomyelitis, he plays, climbs, fights, swims, rides and laughs.

His world was the Australian...

Published: 05/07/2004
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143003045
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Perfect Victim
One night in March 1999, fifteen-year-old dance student Rachel Elizabeth Barber vanished. No one could have guessed that she had become another girl's 'perfect' victim. Happy. Beautiful. Talented. She had everything her killer could want.

Perceived by crime experts everywhere as one of the most bizarre homicides they had encountered, Perfect Victim recounts two stories: Rachel's mother Elizabeth Southall...

One night in March 1999, fifteen-year-old dance student Rachel Elizabeth Barber vanished. No one could have guessed that she had become another girl's 'perfect' victim. Happy. Beautiful. Talented. She...
Published: 02/06/2003
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143001027
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover: The Gallipoli Story
The men were huddled in lifeboats. Some prayed that their legs would work. Some smiled to show they weren't scared. They peered into the darkness ahead and saw nothing.

Then, the dark shape of a man standing on a hill. A shout from the shore. A single shot rang out and a bullet hissed overhead.

The Gallipoli campaign had begun

Anzac soldiers fought on Turkish soil nearly a century ago. So why do we...

The men were huddled in lifeboats. Some prayed that their legs would work. Some smiled to show they weren't scared. They peered into the darkness ahead and saw nothing.

Then, the dark shape of a man standing...

Published: 14/04/2003
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143001430
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Anne Frank & the Children of the Holocaust
By Carol Ann Lee
The life story of Anne Frank set chronologically against the significant events of the Holocaust, e.g. Kristallnacht, the Kindertransports and D-Day. Spanning Anne's short life from 1929 to 1945, and the early rise of Hitler to the liberation of the concentration camps, this highly moving account examines both the fate of the Frank family and the wider picture of the Holocaust.
The life story of Anne Frank set chronologically against the significant events of the Holocaust, e.g. Kristallnacht, the Kindertransports and D-Day. Spanning Anne's short life from 1929 to 1945, and the...
Published: 28/08/2006
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141319636
RRP: $16.95
Book Cover: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition
By Anne Frank

In July 1942, thirteen-year-old Anne Frank and her family, fleeing the occupation, went into hiding in an Amsterdam warehouse. Over the next two years Anne vividly describes in her diary the frustrations of living in such close quarters, and her thoughts, feelings and longings as she grows up.   Her diary ends abruptly when, in August 1944, they were all betrayed.

In July 1942, thirteen-year-old Anne Frank and her family, fleeing the occupation, went into hiding in an Amsterdam warehouse. Over the next two years Anne vividly describes in her diary the frustrations...

Published: 28/02/2003
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141315195
RRP: $12.95
Book Cover:  Anne Frank's Story: Her Life Retold for Children
By Carol Ann Lee
The Diary of Anne Frank is read and loved by children throughout the world, yet few of those readers know what life was really like for the young Jewish girl before and after she wrote her famous diary.

Written in a lively yet sympathetic style, Anne Frank's Story follows Anne Frank from her birth in Germany through to her happy childhood in Amsterdam, the two years she and her family spent in hiding...

The Diary of Anne Frank is read and loved by children throughout the world, yet few of those readers know what life was really like for the young Jewish girl before and after she wrote her famous diary...
Published: 06/07/2001
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141309262
RRP: $10.95
Book Cover:  Soldier Boy

On 28 June 1915, young James Martin sailed from Melbourne aboard the troopship Berrima – bound, ultimately, for Gallipoli. He was just fourteen years old.

Soldier Boy is Jim's extraordinary true story, the story of a young and enthusiastic school boy who became Australia's youngest known Anzac.

Four months after leaving his home country he would be numbered among the dead, just one of so many...

On 28 June 1915, young James Martin sailed from Melbourne aboard the troopship Berrima – bound, ultimately, for Gallipoli. He was just fourteen years old.

Soldier Boy is Jim's extraordinary true...

Published: 02/04/2001
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141003306
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Zlata's Diary
By Zlata Filipovic
The bestselling diary of 10-year-old Zlata, intelligent and articulate, who writes regularly in her diary about her everyday life in Sarajevo.
The bestselling diary of 10-year-old Zlata, intelligent and articulate, who writes regularly in her diary about her everyday life in Sarajevo.
Published: 04/01/1995
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780140374636
RRP: $14.95
Book Cover: A Fortunate Life
The remarkable story of an 'ordinary' man. Bert Facey's childhood ended when he was eight years old. That was when his grandmother had to send him away to work for his keep. Bert grew up tough in the vast, wild outback of Western Australia. He lived to eighty-seven, and wrote down his extraordinary story for his grandchildren. In spite of its difficulties and sufferings, he always believed he had had...
The remarkable story of an 'ordinary' man. Bert Facey's childhood ended when he was eight years old. That was when his grandmother had to send him away to work for his keep. Bert grew up tough in the vast...
Published: 01/07/1985
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780140320091
RRP: $17.95
Book Cover:  Off the Rails
Published: 31/07/2006
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742281278
Book Cover:  Nation's Hope: The Story of Boxing Legen
By la Pena Matt de

Once a boyhood dream, now a people's hope The weight of history hangs on Joe's shoulders

On the eve of World War II, African American boxer Joe Louis fought German Max Schmeling in a bout that had more at stake then just the world heavyweight title; for much of America their fight came to represent the country's war with Germany.


Once a boyhood dream, now a people's hope The weight of history hangs on Joe's shoulders

On the eve of World War II, African American boxer Joe Louis fought German Max Schmeling in a bout that had more...

Published: 07/03/2011
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780803731677
RRP: $24.95

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21 May 2012
2012 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) - winners

The Australian Book Industry Awards were held in Sydney on Friday night. It was a great night for Penguin with our books taking the top honors in four book categories including the prestigious Book of the Year. Congratulations also to Peg McColl, Kate McCormack and the rights team who won the International (Rights) Award for the second year running for Paul French's book Midnight in Peking. United Book Distributors were again named Distributor of the Year.

Illustrated Book of the Year

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