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10 best books like Halo (Zizou Corder): A Rose for the ANZAC Boys, Running Wild, Petals in the Ashes, Bird Girl & the Man Who Followed the Sun: An Athabaskan Indian Legend from Alaska, The Puzzle Ring, The Wizard of Rondo, The Crowfield Curse, The Hunger: The Diary of Phyllis McCormack, Ireland, 1845-1847, Tensy Farlow and the Home for Mislaid Children, Apartment 255

A Rose for the ANZAC Boys
AuthorJackie French
ISBN0732285402
The 'War to end all Wars', as seen through the eyes of three young women

It is 1915. War is being fought on a horrific scale in the trenches of France, but it might as well be a world away from sixteen–year–old New Zealander Midge Macpherson, at school in England learning to be a young lady. But...
Running Wild
AuthorMichael Morpurgo
ISBN0007267010
An epic and heart-rending jungle adventure from the bestselling author of Kaspar and Born to Run. For Will and his mother, going to Indonesia isn't just a holiday. It's an escape, a new start, a chance to put things behind them - things like the death of Will's father. And to begin with, it seems to be just...
Petals in the Ashes
AuthorMary Hooper
ISBN1582347204
This gripping account of London's Great Fire of 1666 is a worthy companion to At the Sign of the Sugared Plum. Only one year after the city suffered such terrible losses during the Plague, London is recovering and Hannah convinces her parents that, with her younger sister Anne's help, she can return to...
Bird Girl & the Man Who Followed the Sun: An Athabaskan Indian Legend from Alaska
AuthorVelma Wallis
ISBN0945397348
In her spellbinding second book, the award-winning author interweaves two classic Athabaskan legends set in ancient central Alaska. This is the story of two rebels who break the strict taboos of their communal culture in their quests for freedom and adventure. Readers will be captivated by this profound...
The Puzzle Ring
AuthorKate Forsyth
ISBN1407102842
Hannah Rose was not quite 13 years old when she discovered her family was cursed. . . .

The arrival of a mysterious letter changes Hannah’s life forever. One day she is an ordinary teenage girl. The next day she discovers she is heir to a castle in the Scottish highlands—a castle that was cursed...
The Wizard of Rondo
AuthorEmily Rodda
ISBN1862917922
The fantastic world of Rondo can be perilous, but Leo and Mimi know they can't keep away. They have to play their part in the continuing battle to keep Rondo safe from their deadly enemy, the remorseless Blue Queen. Plunging once more into the magic world within the antique music box, they are determined...
The Crowfield Curse
AuthorPat Walsh
ISBN1906427151
An angel is buried behind the abbey! It's 1347, and Will, an orphan boy, lives and works as an apprentice of the Crowfield monks. Sent into the forest to gather firewood, he stumbles across a trapped, wounded creature no bigger than a cat.The little goblin shares a terrible secret: Buried deep in the snow...
The Hunger: The Diary of Phyllis McCormack, Ireland, 1845-1847
AuthorCarol Drinkwater
ISBN0439997402
This is such a heartwarming story of Phyllis and her family's struggle against hunger. It was a very enlightening experience for me, because I wasn't aware of the potato disease that hit Ireland back in 1845, so to read a firsthand account of the suffering this caused many families was distressing and...
Tensy Farlow and the Home for Mislaid Children
AuthorJen Storer
ISBN0670073393
Dumped in the River Charon, hunted by an accursed river creature and betrayed by the wicked Matron Pluckrose, Tensy Farlow is in mortal danger. She has no parents. Worse still, she has no guardian angel.

When she is thrown into the Home for Mislaid Children – a gloomy orphanage where ravens...
Apartment 255
AuthorBunty Avieson
ISBN0330363603
Someone is watching her… looks can kill. Sarah and Ginny have been best friends since school. Then Sarah meets Tom. Her career takes off. She and Tom move into a stunning inner-city apartment. But Ginny has not been so lucky. She wanted Tom, but she didn't get him. She wants... what Sarah has. Ginny moves...
Keväällä isä sai siivet
AuthorTomi Kontio
ISBN9513119475
Kaksoset Tomi ja Timo Kokko asuvat rauhallisessa Rastasharjussa. Eräänä toukokuisena aamuna heidän isälleen kasvaa siivet ja hän katoaa puutarhaan avautuneeseen aukkoon. Aukko sulkeutuu ja kukaan ei usko poikien kertomusta. Timo ja Tomi joutuvat kasvatuslaitos Huostolaan, jota johtaa...
Kill the Possum
AuthorJames Moloney
ISBN0143004204
Dylan saw Cartwright do it with his own eyes when he blundered into Kirsty’s house on that first Sunday.

On the second Sunday he saw only the carnage the man had left behind, but that was enough.

By the third Sunday, he’d decided to kill him. What else can he do when the lives of the people...
The Whisperer
AuthorFiona McIntosh
ISBN0732286670
Griff works in a circus, his days filled with boring routine tasks. Nobody knows he has a unique ability: he can hear people's thoughts without their knowledge.

When the greedy circus master discovers his talent, Griff knows he must escape, and takes with him fellow circus member Tess and her...
Chasers
AuthorJames Phelan
The trip of a lifetime just turned into the end of the world.

When Jesse crawls out of the wreckage of a subway car and emerges into daylight, he’s greeted by a living nightmare. An unexplained force has destroyed New York City, turning skyscrapers into ash, cutting off all power and communication....
The Silver Donkey
AuthorSonya Hartnett
ISBN0763629375
From extraordinary novelist Sonya Hartnett comes a gently told fable of a lost soldier, heroic children, and a steadfast donkey.



One morning in the woods of World War I France, two young sisters stumble upon an astonishing find — a soldier, temporarily blinded by war, who has walked...
Pieces of my Heart
AuthorSinéad Moriarty
ISBN1844881512
I have read many of Sinead Moriarty's books and I can honestly say this is my favourite of her books so far. This book is a great read.
The story is about Ava, her husband and two daughters, along with her father who is twice widowed and living with them temporarily, while his new appartment is finished....
Girl Stuff: Your Full On Guide To The Teen Years
AuthorKaz Cooke
ISBN0670028878
With over 600 pages and heaps of cartoons, Girl Stuff is written especially for girls and has has everything they need to know about: friends, body changes, shopping, clothes, make-up, pimples (arrghh), sizes, hair, earning money, guys, embarrassment, what to eat, moods, smoking, why diets suck,...
Speak No Evil
AuthorMarilyn Kaye
ISBN0330513451
This was a YA paranormal story, about a group of kids with special gifts.

Carter was an okay character, and I felt sorry for him that he had no idea who he was or where he had come from.

We finally got to find out Carter’s gift in this story (view spoiler)[ he could shape-shift (hide spoiler)].
Victorian Workhouse: The Diary of Edith Lorrimer, England, 1871
AuthorPamela Oldfield
ISBN0439977304
I didn't enjoy this one so much. I did so want to learn more about Workhouses back in the day, I don't know too much except what I've read and seen from the likes of Oliver Twist and Annie. I thought I would get a much more realistic version of events, despite the fact that the "My Story" series are based on fictional...
Chicken Soup for the Cat Lover's Soul: Stories of Feline Affection, Mystery and Charm
AuthorJack Canfield
ISBN0757303323
Cats first purred their way into human hearts thousands of years ago, and have been our treasured companions and soul mates ever since. Whether impish kittens, regal adult cats or serene seniors, it's impossible for us to remain indifferent to them--especially at 4 A.M. when the food bowl runs dry!...
Transported: The Diary of Elizabeth Harvey, Australia, 1790
AuthorGoldie Alexander
ISBN0439954991
`Bringing The Past Into The Real World'

The `My Story` series of books, is divided into two separate sets, one for boys and another for girls.

They are written with 9-11 year olds in mind, but are just as enjoyable and informative for adults to read.

For any US followers of my...
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