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Jackie French

The Angel of Waterloo

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The Battle of Waterloo has spawned many historical novels, but few can have such an appealing female protagonist as Henrietta (Hen) Gilbert. The ...Read Review

Nanberry: Black Brother White

By Jackie French - Published 2011

Genres:

Adventure Biographical Fiction Children/Young Adult

When Nanberry sees the great ships of the white-skinned ghost-people sailing into Sydney Cove, he does not realise that he is witnessing the ...Read Review

The Night They Stormed Eureka

By Jackie French - Published 2009

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Children/Young Adult Time-slip

Huddled beneath the tombstone of Percival Puddleham, homeless teenager Sam longs for a haven in the past. A time when families lived in ...Read Review

The Camel Who Crossed Australia

By Jackie French - Published 2008

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Adventure Children/Young Adult

In 1861 Burke and Wills became the first white men to cross the Australian continent from the south to its north coast. Neither man ...Read Review

A Rose for the Anzac Boys

By Jackie French - Published 2008

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

It is the year 1915. Margery (Midge) Macpherson is a 17-year-old New Zealand girl attending boarding school in England while her two brothers serve ...Read Review