The Coral Island

Author	J. Percy FitzPatrick
ISBN	0868520586

Jock of the Bushveld, published in 1907, has been read and enjoyed by millions of children and is now a classic among animal stories. It remains as fresh and exciting as it was when it was first written and is dedicated by Fitzpatrick to '...those keenest and kindest of critics, best of friends and most...

Author	G.A. Henty
ISBN	0486434567

Over the last few evening my family (ages 5-39) has listened to this excellent audio, which we concluded tonight.

What I appreciated most about this story was contemplating the Civil War from the South's perspective. It enrages me to realize that we were only taught one side in public school.....which...

Author

Patricia Wrightson

Few books had as profound an impact on me when I was growing up. This haunting tale of a lonely boy discovering an ancient stone Nargun, a creature straight from Aboriginal mythology, on his uncle's rural property had me spellbound. It still does. Wrightson, who died in 2010, was criticised for using...

Author	Peter Dickinson
ISBN	0552528129

An attack in the dark, screams, burning huts...Thirteen-year-old Theodore crouches under the trees. His father's Mission has been destroyed. His father is dead. Theodore is on his own, fleeing the Chinese rebels of the Boxer uprising.Then Mrs Jones appears. A botanist, Mrs Jones is a feisty, aging,...

Author	Frederick Marryat
ISBN	1853261106

It is strange when there is a connection found between dissimilar things in our everyday life. While I was reading this book by Frederick Marryat, I read on a plaque on my nightly rounds at the museum that the artist Thomas Chambers used Marryat's naval writings as an inspiration for some of his seascapes....

Author	C. Day-Lewis
ISBN	0435120018

“This is a really super story—I shold know, I wrote it. My name is George, and I’m Ted’s second-in-command: Ted is is centre-forward of the Junior XI at King’s School in Otterbury and a first class chap. He’s the leader of our company, and the story began with our battle against Toppy’s...

Author	Cynthia Harnett
ISBN	0140301534

Considering how important the wool trade was to the development of early-modern Britain, it is surprising how few novels deal with the business of wool. Those written for young readers are even scarcer. The Wool-Pack helps fill the gap.

This is historical fiction rather than history, written...

Author	Thomas Hughes
ISBN	0192835351

If you're into stuff like this, you can read the full review.



Boarding Schools: "Tom Brown's Schooldays" by Thomas Hughes



(Original Review, 1981-01-22)



The issue of class and elitism (subjects dear to my heart) are, paradoxically, less important...

Author

Peter Pohl

Jan fällt auf. Weil er artistisch Fahrrad fahren kann, rote Haare hat und so weiche Gesichtszüge, dass viele ihn für ein Mädchen halten. Doch er kann auch so zuschlagen, dass er bald vor jeder Anpöbelei sicher ist. Da ist aber noch ein Geheimnis um Jan. Niemand kennt seine Adresse und seinen Nachnamen...

Author	Gary Crew
ISBN	1863301135

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On 4 June 1629 the Dutch vessel Batavia struck uncharted rocks off the Western Australian coast. By the time help arrived over 120 men, women and children had met their deaths - not in the sea but murdered by two fellow survivors, Wouter...

Author	Henry Treece
ISBN	0875991173

Harald and his father Sigurd were vikings. Their king died, so they planned to go 'a viking' (on a voyage) to seek riches and treasure. They joined a crew by the coast and helped prepare the ship - Nameless. Unfortunately, whilst pushing the boat into the sea, Sigurd slipped and his leg was brocken under...

Author	Robert Louis Stevenson
ISBN	0192817264

Kidnapped and Catriona

Published in the magazine Young Folks in 1886, Kidnapped was intended as a novel for boys treating the youth and adolescence of the Scottish lad David Balfour, but is in fact much more than that because of the vivid descriptions of the Scottish highlands and the fine fathoming...

Author	Jane Carruth
ISBN	0861630688

My copy is a dog-eared, mass-media, three-and-a-half inch thick copy that I've read at least three times.

I love the story. I love Dumas's writing. How can you not love the ever-arrogant D'Artagnan who shows up to the big city in a second-hand suit on an ugly mare and almost immediately racks...

Author	Théophile Gautier
ISBN	2877142183

Pour l'amour de l'ingénue d'une troupe de comédiens nomades, le jeune baron de Sigognac qui se morfondait au château de la Misère en compagnie d'un valet, d'une haridelle, d'un chien et d'un chat, joue sur les tréteaux le rôle de Matamore, le « tranche-montagne ». Il prend le nom de capitaine...

Author	H.G. Wells
ISBN	0141441100

Orphaned at an early age, raised by his aunt and uncle, and apprenticed for seven years to a draper, Artie Kipps is stunned to discover upon reading a newspaper advertisement that he is the grandson of a wealthy gentleman - and the inheritor of his fortune. Thrown dramatically into the upper classes,...