Captain Cook's Apprentice

Author: Anthony Hill

'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.

During the course of the three-year journey, Isaac's eyes are opened to all the brutal realities of life at sea - floggings, storms, press-gangs, the deaths of fellow crewmen, and violent clashes on distant shores.

Yet Isaac also experiences the tropical beauty of Tahiti, where he becomes friends with a Tahitian girl. He sees the wonders of New Zealand. And he is there when the men of Endeavour first glimpse the east coast of Australia, anchor in Botany Bay, and run aground on the Great Barrier Reef.

The enthralling true story of Captain Cook's voyage to Australia on the Endeavour, seen through the eager eyes of a cabin boy, by best-selling and award-winning author Anthony Hill.

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Also by Anthony Hill

Young Bill is the true story of the suffering - and survival - of an underage prisoner-of-war during World War II. Bill Young, who is still alive, enlised in the army in July 1941 aged only 15, though he said he was 19. He went to Singapore, was captured at the fall, and spent the rest of his teenage years in some of the most barbaric Japanese prisons.

Book Cover: The Story of Billy Young
By Anthony Hill
The compelling story of Billy Young, a POW in Asia at the age of 15 years
The compelling story of Billy Young, a POW in Asia at the age of 15 years
Published: 25/07/2012
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742536224
Book Cover:  Lucy's Cat & the Rainbow Birds

Lucy has a garden filled with beautiful rainbow birds.
She also has a tabby cat called Artemis, and one day . . .

POUNCE!


Lucy needs to stop Artemis catching the birds, but how?
Will Artemis and the birds ever live together in peace?

Find out in this cheeky read-aloud tale bt two of Australia's
favourite creators of books for children.

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Lucy has a garden filled with beautiful rainbow birds.
She also has a tabby cat called Artemis, and one day . . .

POUNCE!


Lucy needs to stop Artemis catching the birds, but how?
Will Artemis and the birds...




Published: 02/02/2009
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143501602
RRP: $14.95
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:  Young Digger

The dark clouds returned and gathered about the boy. His eyes grew distant, and he began to tremble. He heard not only shells exploding, but the cries of dying men . . . He was stumbling over churned earth, looking into the face of an officer, bloodied red as the poppies, ripped apart in the Flanders mud . . .

The dark clouds returned and gathered about the boy. His eyes grew distant, and he began to tremble. He heard not only shells exploding, but the cries of dying men . . . He was stumbling over churned earth...

Published: 02/09/2002
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141000626
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Captain Cook's Apprentice
Published: 01/09/2008
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742283807
Book Cover:  Animal Heroes

Here are twenty-one fascinating stories about the forgotten heroes of war: animals who have served beside Australian forces.

These are all animals that dazzle with their courage and loyalty – or sometimes just by being lovable. Whether it's a rooster guarding his battalion during the First World War or a mine-detecting dolphin in Iraq, they make the difficult lives of soldiers so much more bearable...

Here are twenty-one fascinating stories about the forgotten heroes of war: animals who have served beside Australian forces.

These are all animals that dazzle with their courage and loyalty – or...

Published: 01/03/2005
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143003809
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Lucy's Cat & the Rainbow Birds

Lucy has a garden filled with beautiful rainbow birds. She also has a tabby cat called Artemis, and one day . . .

POUNCE!

Lucy needs to stop Artemis catching the birds, but how? Will Artemis and the birds ever live together in peace?

Find out in this cheeky read-aloud tale by two of Australia's favourite creators of books for children.

Visit anthonyhillbooks.com

Lucy has a garden filled with beautiful rainbow birds. She also has a tabby cat called Artemis, and one day . . .

POUNCE!

Lucy needs to stop Artemis catching the birds, but how? Will Artemis and the birds...

Published: 05/02/2007
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780670029167
RRP: $26.95

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Book Cover:  Harriet
Published: 28/08/2006
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742280042
Book Cover:  Harriet

'I wonder what you've seen and done, Harriet, over all those years?' asks Ellie.

The Tortoise pokes her head a little and blinks one naughty eye.

'Tell me!'

 

Hatched on an island in the Galapagos, Harriet enjoyed an enchanted life, as generations of tortoises had before her. Then someone took her away . . .

Harriet ended up in Queensland, where she attracted increasing crowds of visitors, all...

'I wonder what you've seen and done, Harriet, over all those years?' asks Ellie.

The Tortoise pokes her head a little and blinks one naughty eye.

'Tell me!'

 

Hatched on an island in the Galapagos...

Published: 28/08/2006
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143302087
RRP: $17.95
Book Cover:  Young Digger
Published: 02/09/2002
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742283418
Book Cover:  Soldier Boy
Published: 02/04/2001
Format: Digital
ISBN: 9781742283128
Book Cover: The Burnt Stick

John Jagamarra grew up at the Pearl Bay Mission for Aboriginal children in the far north-west. It was beautiful there, but it wasn't home. This is a tale for everyone about the pain of separation, and the strength of the human spirit.

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John Jagamarra grew up at the Pearl Bay Mission for Aboriginal children in the far north-west. It was beautiful there, but it wasn't home. This is a tale for everyone about the pain of separation, and...

Published: 03/06/1996
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780140369298
RRP: $16.95

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25 May 2012
Australian Society of Authors 2012 Barbara Jefferis Award - winner

All That I Am by Anna Funder has won the Barbara Jefferis Award.

The award is offered annually for “the best novel written by an Australian author that depicts women and girls in a positive way or otherwise empowers the status of women and girls in society”.

Anna beat fellow Miles Franklin contenders Foal's Bread and Cold Light.

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