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Children’s / Teenage: True stories told as fiction
Brand: Abrams Books
A stunning picture book biography of Lakota-Oglala medicine man Black Elk, from award-winning author and illustrator S. D. Nelson Black Elk (1863-1950) was a Lakota-Oglala medicine man and a cousin of Crazy Horse. This biographical account follows..
26.36£
Brand: Random House
Boy and Going Solo is the whole of Roald Dahl's extraordinary autobiography in one volume. Reissued in the exciting new Roald Dahl branding. Roald Dahl wasn't always a writer. Once he was just a schoolboy. Have you ever wondered what he was like gro..
18.38£
Brand: Bonnier Publishing Fiction
Nothing is more unsettling in this world than a kid with a gun . . . On the streets of Medellìn, Colombia, actions speak louder than words, and the rule of the bandidos is the only law worth listening to. Like most kids of their age, Shorty and Albe..
11.58£
Brand: Random House
Phizzwhizzing new cover look and branding for the World's NUMBER ONE Storyteller!BOY, Roald Dahl's bestselling autobiography, is full of hilarious anecdotes about his childhood and school days, illustrated by Quentin Blake.As a boy, all sorts of unu..
12.02£
Brand: Random House
In 2012, Bradley Wiggins became the first ever British cyclist to win the Tour de France. Ten days later he became Britain's most decorated Olympian.Follow 'Wiggo' on his remarkable journey from childhood to cycling champion, national hero and knigh..
11.23£
Brand: Getty Publications
In his 'History of Early Rome', the ancient historian Livy tells the story of a Roman girl named Cloelia who was taken prisoner by Larth Porsena, the king of the Etruscans. 'Brave Cloelia' tells this exciting and true story. ISBN: 9780892367634Publi..
19.38£
In 1715 a young boy from Cornwall was kidnapped, off the coast of Spain, by pirates. Twenty three years later he escaped and made a gruelling journey back to his home and family. The true story, previously told for adults in Giles Milton's novel Wh..
21.50£
Brand: Austin Macauley Publishers
Carmella was a typical Easter bunny, discarded at about three months of age. It took her a long time to recover, although never fully. Patricia put up with her antics because she also had a hard-knock life. She loved her spunk. This is Carmella's tr..
17.90£
Brand: AampC Black
Cleopatra is an iconic figure and one of the most powerful women inhistory. The last pharaoh of Egypt, and often depicted as a greatbeauty, she was renowned for her liaisons with the world's mostpowerful men, including Gaius Julius Caesar and Mark A..
10.93£
Brand: The OBrien Press
The Gaelic footballer who's won nearly every prize in the game: Including 5 All-Irelands & 8 All-Stars. 'You need a boot to kick and hands and shoulders to mark your opposition. But without a sharp brain, you'll never make it as a Kerry footballer..
12.04£
Brand: The OBrien Press
Cora Staunton is an elite sportswoman: winner of four All-Irelands, 11 All-Stars and five Club All-Irelands. She is a trailblazer in the Australian Football League, and a hero in her native Mayo for her gaelic football skills. But it's been a long a..
12.12£
Brand: Feiwel & Friends
Daniel is a very good boy. He is happy to be back at the dog show. Why wouldn't he?! He gets bathed and brushed and all the pets and pats from the humans who come to meet him (that's his favorite part). Getting the big red, white, and blue ribbon is..
19.54£
Brand: Random House
David Grant and his wife Carrie are the best known pop vocal coaches in the UK. Their client list includes Take That, Spice Girl Melanie C., Lemar, Will Young and numerous others. David also had a music career of his own, and has won a MOBO Award an..
9.98£
This inspirational and dazzlin' story of Dolly Parton-noted singer, songwriter, and humanitarian-follows her rise to fame, from her beginnings in East Tennessee to performing to thousands at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. Dolly is a little girl wi..
23.50£
Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
A thrilling middle grade mystery series, perfect for fans of Robin Steven's Murder Most Unladylike. Set in eighteenth-century London, with all the fun and zest of Hamilton and inspired by real Black British historical figures.Twelve-year-olds Lizzie..
12.66£
An enslaved young man named Dave was brought to Edgefield, in the heart of South Carolina's pottery-producing area. Dave showed exceptional natural talent. Soon he was creating pieces of great beauty and often massive size. He also learnt to read an..
21.42£
Brand: Scholastic Corporation
Evacuee - a real-life World War Two story is the author's own true story of her evacuation to the countryside during WWII. Beautifully told, readers aged 7+ will engage with this vivid account of her journey from war-torn London and how her escape..
9.24£
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing
In the late morning of May 29, 1953, the sun was shining brightly and a gentle breeze was blowing on the highest elevation of the world--and two men were there to witness it for the first time ever. Their names were Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay..
27.83£
Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
In one moment, there's a simple spark, and then roaring flames surge 200 feet into the air, devouring forests. Trees, from root to canopy, are burned to the ground. Airtankers and helicopters hover above, executing an air attack. Brave firefighters,..
13.62£
Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton gives American kids a first-hand look at growing up in Kenya as a member of a tribe of nomads whose livelihood centres on the raising and grazing of cattle.Readers share Lekuton's first encounter with a lion, the epitome of ..
9.86£
Brand: HMH Books
The true story of British cousins who fooled the world for more than 60 years with a remarkable hoax, photographs of "real" fairies. Exquisitely illustrated with art by Eliza Wheeler as well as the original photos taken by the girls. In 1917, in Cot..
17.81£
Brand: Gestalten
As one thief wrote on the armored vault of a bank he'd just emptied: "Without weapons or violence and with no hate." Stealing a world-famous piece of art from a museum or snatching diamonds under 24-hour surveillance: there is a certain fascination ..
22.68£
Brand: Annick Press Ltd
The beloved story of an Inuvialuit girl standing up to the bullies of residential school, updated for a new generation of readers. Margaret Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton's powerful story of residential school in the far North has been reissued to commemora..
19.85£
Brand: Henry Holt and Company
Before she was a record-breaking gymnast competing on the world stage, Simone Biles spent time in foster care as a young child. Nimble and boundlessly energetic, she cherished every playground and each new backyard. When she was six years old, Simon..
22.12£