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Alex: Through My Eyes (Australian Disaster Zones) by Rosanne Hawke
$18.99 AUD
Category: Children's Novel | Series: Through My Eyes Ser.
A gripping story of one Australian boy's experience of devastating drought. A few kookaburras laugh in the gum trees. Alex grins - they don't often come up this far. His grandpa told him that if kookaburras laugh late in the afternoon, it will rain next day. 'Ha, someone needs to tell the rain to listen ...Show more
Amina (Through My Eyes) by J.L. Powers
$16.99 AUD
Category: Children's Novel | Series: Through My Eyes
Amina lives on the edges of Mogadishu. Her family's house has been damaged in Somalia's long civil war, but they continue to live there, reluctant to leave their home. Amina's world is shattered when government forces come to arrest her father because his art has been officially censored, deemed too pol ...Show more
Angel (Through My Eyes: Natural Disaster Zones) by Zoe Daniel
$16.99 AUD
Category: Children's Novel | Series: Through My Eyes - Natural Disaster Zones
An engaging and suspenseful story about one girl surviving Cyclone Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013.
Emilio (Through My Eyes) by Sophie Masson
$16.99 AUD
Category: Children's Novel | Series: Through My Eyes
For high-school student Emilio Garcia Lopez, it's an ordinary school day. But that evening the knock on the door announcing the arrival of his police officer cousin Juanita, flanked by a tall man in the uniform of the Federal Police, will turn his ordinary day into the beginning of a long nightmare. Emi ...Show more
Hasina (Through My Eyes) by Michelle Aung Thin
$16.99 AUD
Category: Children's Novel | Series: Through My Eyes
A gripping story of one child's experience of the refugee crisis in Myanmar. The men come at night. The first Hasina knows of it is her aunt's voice, urgent, full of fear. 'Up, up. Get up! ' The second thing is smoke. Then there is a scream. 'Run,' her father shouts. 'And don't stop!' Hasina races dee ...Show more
Hotaka (Through My Eyes: Natural Disaster Zones) by John Heffernan
$16.99 AUD
Category: Children's Novel | Series: Natural Disaster Zones (Through My Eyes)
When the tsunami strikes the Japanese seaside town of Omori-wan, the effects are utterly devastating. Three years later, much of what happened on that day is still a mystery. As Hotaka sets about convincing local performers to appear at the town's upcoming Memorial Concert, he finds himself haunted by m ...Show more
Lyla (Through My Eyes: Natural Disaster Zones) by Fleur Beale
$16.99 AUD
Category: Children's Novel | Series: Through My Eyes - Natural Disaster Zones
Lyla has just started her second year of high school when a magnitude 6.3 earthquake shakes Christchurch to pieces. Devastation is everywhere. While her police officer mother and trauma nurse father respond to the disaster, Lyla puts on a brave face, opening their home to neighbours and leading the comm ...Show more
Malini (Through My Eyes) by Robert Hillman
$16.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Through My Eyes
Malini lives with her parents and young sister, Banni, in northern Sri Lanka. As the civil war heads towards its catastrophic end, Malini and her family are herded by Tamil Tiger troops towards the coast where they and thousands of other Tamil civilians will act as human shields. When Malini's father pu ...Show more
Max: Through My Eyes - Australian Disaster Zones by Prue Mason
$18.99 AUD
Category: Children's Novel | Series: Through My Eyes - Australian Disaster Zones Ser.
The kayak rolled as Max tried to get into it. The shock of capsizing into the cold, dirty water made him gasp and swallow some of it. It tasted muddy and disgusting. Was he going to drown? His chest thudded as he fought the floodwater gushing around him. How long could he hold his breath? He could feel ...Show more
Mia: Through My Eyes - Australian Disaster Zones by Dianne Wolfer
$16.99 AUD
Category: Children's Novel | Series: Through My Eyes - Australian Disaster Zones Ser.
A powerful story of one girl's experience of 2019's Cyclone Veronica in Western Australia. Mia is used to cyclone build-ups, but the noise and energy of the wild rain squalls keep her awake half the night. What if the cyclone hits before Mum gets back? As wild winds batter the coast, Mia knows she must ...Show more
Naveed: Through My Eyes by John Heffernan
$16.98 AUD
Category: Children's Novel | Series: Through My Eyes
A heartfelt story of a teenage boy living in the conflict zone of Afghanistan "The explosion jolts him awake. He sits up, gasping for air, heart thumping. Was the blast real? Perhaps it had only happened in his head, a bad dream. Demons of the dark, his father had called them. 'Push them away. T ...Show more
Shahana: Through My Eyes by Rosanne Hawke
$16.99 AUD
Category: Children's Novel | Series: Through My Eyes
Shahana lives alone with her young brother in the shadow of the Line of Control, the border patrolled by Pakistani and Indian soldiers that divides Kashmir in two. Life is hard, but Shahana ekes out a living with her beautiful embroidery. Then she finds a boy lying unconscious near the border. Zahid is ...Show more