I haven’t read a lot of books lately. I’ve been concentrating mainly on Harry Potter fan fiction. I did read a lot in the past, however, and I intend to read a lot more in the future. Over the past… Read More ›
Jackie French
A Rose for the ANZAC Boys by Jackie French
Opening Sentence:At 10 a.m. the street was empty. Synopsis: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 Midge Macpherson, at school in… Read More ›
Books I Read in February 2010
Animal Farm by George Orwell Space Demons: The Trilogy by Gillian Rubinstein A Rose for the ANZAC Boys by Jackie French A New Dawn edited by Ellen Hopkins Lirael by Garth Nix Patience and Sarah by Isabel Miller The Unschooling… Read More ›
Grim Crims & Convicts: 1788 – 1820 (Fair Dinkum Histories) by Jackie French
Opening Sentence:It was an incredible idea – to found a colony of convicts eight months’ sail away from Great Britain. Synopsis:Telling it like it really was – true-blue Aussie history! It was the craziest, wildest and most daring expedition the… Read More ›
Diary of a Wombat
Synopsis: She Sleeps. She eats. She scratches. She is training humans to become better pets. She is Mothball, a wombat with attitude. Genre:Picture Book Text:Jackie French Illustrations:Bruce Whatley ISBN:o-20719995-7 Year:2002 Storm, age 4: I liked when the wombat bashed up… Read More ›
