Journey to the River Sea is an exciting adventure novel written by Australian-born British writer Eva Ibbotson and published in the United Kingdom by MacMillan in 2001. The story features the adventures, friendship and sense of belonging that revolved around thirteen-year-old English girl Maia upon migrating to the Amazon.
children books 9-11 years old
What will you do if you have seventeen days to spend a fortune? Famous British screenwriter and novelist Frank Cottrell Boyce answers that for you in his 2004 comedy novel Millions.
What did the moral dilemma faced by Damian and Anthony symbolise? What would you have done if you were in their shoes? How is Damian and Anthony’s ideas on spending the money different, and what does it tell us about their priorities and personality? How is this supported by the reason Damian was so obsessed with Saints? What type of people in life do they represent respectively?
Private Peaceful is a 2003 war novel written by English author, poet, playwright and librettist Michael Morpurgo. Morpurgo uses this children’s novel to weave a powerful story on the horrors of war as Thomas Peaceful looks back on his life as a young soldier in the First World War.
Published in 2005, Once is a children’s novel written by English-born Australian author Morris Gleitzman about love, friendship, violence and even humour. This book tells the story of how a Jewish boy called Felix sets off to rescue his book-keeper parents from the Nazis during the holocaust.