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Books > Children's & Educational > Fiction > Historical fiction
It's 1829, and young Princess Victoria's life is full of
constraints. Brought up hidden from the world and protected even
from walking downstairs alone, the ten-year-old princess decides to
write a secret diary about life at Kensington Palace. But little
does she know that she is about to make a startling discovery.
Closer to the throne than she ever imagined, My Story: Victoria
spans a fascinating year in the life of a future queen. Experience
history first-hand with My Story in this all-new look! Other titles
in the My Story series include: My Story: Titanic My Story: The
Trenches My Story: The Great Plague My Story: Berlin Olympics My
Story: Blitz My Story: Mayflower My Story: Noor-un-Nissa Inayat
Khan My Story: D-Day My Story: A Picture of Freedom My Story: Roman
Invasion My Story: Ignatius Sancho
'I seemed to be seeing double. I saw two Edies instead of one - but
they weren't the same.' Edie is fascinated by Victorian times, and
she's just desperate to be cast in the lead role of her drama club
production of Oliver. When she's given a real Victorian notebook
she's determined to write the best story ever, all about a girl in
a workhouse. But when she starts writing, something strange
happens. Edie finds herself in Victorian London. She feels the
same, but everything around her is completely different to what she
knows. Soon, she realises she's living the life of another Edie
Trimmer - and is in danger of being sent to a real workhouse! Will
she forget everything she knows about her other life - and will she
ever be able to make it back to her family? A heart-warming time
travel adventure about family and friendship from the much-loved,
bestselling Jacqueline Wilson. Discover Jacqueline Wilson's other
bestselling titles: Little Stars Emerald Star Hetty Feather Project
Fairy The Runaway Girls
Set during WWII. The Peters Family live in a quaint little cottage
in the heart of Kent, England. They have a pet rabbit called
Thumper who is highly intelligent. Squadron Leader Hal Peters is an
ace RAF pilot who can fly any plane day or night. He is famous for
being the best pilot in Britain. He is sent on many dangerous
missions across The English Channel. Meanwhile back in Kent,
Thumper is about to have his own dangerous adventure.
The #1 New York Times bestseller Dreams are today's answers for
tomorrow's questions. Eleven-year-old Kofi Offin has dreams of
water, of its urgent whisper that beckons with promises and
secrets. He has heard the call on the banks of Upper Kwanta, where
he lives. He loves these things above all else: his family, the
fireside tales of his father's father, a girl named Ama, and, of
course, swimming. But when the unthinkable - a sudden death -
occurs during a festival between rival villages, Kofi ends up in a
fight for his life. What happens next will send him on a harrowing
journey across land and sea, and away from everything he loves. Yet
Kofi's dreams may be the key to his freedom...
From debut author, Joyce Efia Harmer, comes a groundbreaking YA
story of friendship and freedom that crosses continents and
centuries, in a timeslip novel exploring the legacy of slavery.
Sometime, me love to dream that me is a human, a proper one, like
them white folks is. Enslaved on a plantation in Barbados, Obah
dreams of freedom. As talk of rebellion bubbles up around her in
the Big House, she imagines escape. Meeting a strange boy who's not
quite of this world, she decides to put her trust in him. But Jacob
is from the twenty-first century. Desperate to give Obah a better
life, he takes her back with him. At first it seems like dreams
really do come true - until the cracks begin to show and Obah sees
that freedom comes at an unimaginable cost . . . Both hopeful and
devastating, this powerful novel about equality, how far we've
come, and how far we still have to go introduces an extraordinary
new literary voice.
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Into the Unknown
(Hardcover)
Christopher Depietro; Illustrated by Christopher Depietro
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R491
Discovery Miles 4 910
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Bron, an enslaved young Saxon, does the hard work that his master,
the village blacksmith, would rather avoid. His reward is a lack of
food and cruel jeers from other, non enslaved children in the
village. But, unbeknown to all, war is brewing. And when a famous
Saxon warlord arrives at his village Bron gets a chance to prove
that honour and bravery are not only for those who are already
free... A tale of friendship and the desire to belong, this
adventure resonates with all children and immerses readers in the
Anglo-Saxon era, with plenty of detail about the myths and culture
of that time. This new edition contains a helpful guide on how to
pronounce the Anglo-Saxon names in the book. Freedom for Bron has
been shortlisted for the 2017 James Reckitt Hull Children s Book
Award for KS2. Accompanying KS2 activity sheets can be downloaded
for free at any time from
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/freedom-for-bron-ks2-anglo-saxons-11557628
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