To Dance (graphic novel) by Siena Cherson Siegel
$20.00 AUD
Category: Biography
A beautifully refreshed and expanded special edition of the Sibert Honor-winning graphic memoir about the dreams and realities of becoming a ballerina.Ballerinas are young when they first dream of dance. Siena was six--and her dreams kept skipping and leaping, circling and spinning, from airy runs along ...Show more
Dreams From My Father: Adapted for Young Adults by Barack Obama
$30.00 AUD
Category: Biography
Barack Obama's #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of his childhood and young adult years, a compelling journey through family, race, and identity, is now adapted for young people. Includes a new introduction from the author and features a full color photo insert and family tree.A revealing portrait of ...Show more
Last Witnesses (Adapted for Young Adults) by Svetlana Alexievich
$28.00 AUD
Category: Biography
A powerful portrait of the personal consequences of war as seen through the innocent eyes of children, from a Nobel Prize-winning writer. Nobel Prize-winning writer Svetlana Alexievich delves into the traumatic memories of children who were separated from their parents during World War II--most of them ...Show more
One Life: Young Readers Edition by Megan Rapinoe
$28.00 AUD
Category: Biography
Adapted for young readers! Join Olympic gold medalist, two-time Women's World Cup champion, and trailblazing activist Megan Rapinoe in the fight for equality and justice in this middle grade adaptation of her New York Times bestselling memoir, One Life. You know Megan Rapinoe as an international so ...Show more
Nina - A Story of Nina Simone by Traci N. Todd; Christian Robinson (Illustrator)
$28.00 AUD
Category: Biography
This illuminating and defining biography from bestselling author Traci N. Todd, with illustrations from award-winner Christian Robinson, tells the story of Eunice Waymon, who grew up to become Nina Simone - and shares her bold, defiant, and exultant legacy with a new generation. With passion and unparal ...Show more
Born to Run (picture book edition) by Cathy Freeman
$25.00 AUD
Category: Biography
A gorgeous picture book that will inspire girls and boys everywhere to chase their dreams.As a little girl, Cathy Freeman had only had one dream - to win a gold medal at the Olympics. At twenty-seven years old, that dream came true. At the Sydney 2000 Games, she crossed the finish line, won a gold medal ...Show more
You Are a Champion: How to Be the Best You Can Be by Marcus Rashford
$20.00 AUD
Category: Biography
It's hard to know what is possible until you start. You have to be able to dream big and be prepared to work towards your dreams. Good things take time. I've achieved a lot, but it didn't come in one go - big things rarely happen overnight, and good things rarely happen as if by magic . . . Marcus Rash ...Show more
Shackleton's Endurance: An Antarctic Survival Story by Joanna Grochowicz
$17.00 AUD
Category: Biography
Adrift on the Antarctic pack ice with no means of escape and no hope of rescue, Ernest Shackleton and his men are surely doomed. In August 1914, Ernest Shackleton and his men set sail for Antarctica, where they plan to cross the last uncharted continent on foot. In January 1915, his ship, the Endurance, ...Show more
Being Black 'n Chicken, and Chips by Matt Okine
$20.00 AUD
Category: Biography
Mike Amon is a regular teenager. All he wants is to fit in. He wants to sit at the cool bench. He wants to be a star athlete. He wants his first kiss.He also wants his mum to survive.When his mum is suddenly diagnosed with advanced breast and brain cancer, Mike knows it's a long shot, but if he manages ...Show more
The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates
$17.00 AUD
Category: Biography
This was the abyss where, unguided, black boys were swallowed whole, only to re-emerge on corners and prison tiers. Ta-Nehisi Coates grew up in the tumultuous 1980's in Baltimore known, back then as the murder capital of the United States. With seven siblings, four mothers, and one highly unconvention ...Show more
Six Seconds: The Newcastle Earthquake (My Australian Story) by Alan Sunderland
$18.00 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: My Australian Story
I could hardly see. There was dust and smoke everywhere. I was falling, sliding down into a gap that had opened up between parts of the collapsed building. It was dark and silent. all I could hear was the sound of my own breathing, and my beating heart thumping in my ears. Then I heard the cry again: th ...Show more
Queen of Freedom - Defending Jamaica by Catherine Johnson; Amerigo Pinelli (Illustrator)
$15.00 AUD
Category: Biography
The thrilling true story of how one woman masterminded slave resistance to British rule in eighteenth-century Jamaica - part of the True Adventures series.