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The 'My Story' series is
divided in to 2 sections - books for girls and books
for boys.
Click here to see the
titles in the boys' My Story series
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 Young
Nanny
by Frances Mary Hendry
In 1850 London the construction of the Crystal Palace
is sending great excitement through fashionable society.
Lily Hicks, a young nanny newly arrived in the big city,
has to learn how to deal with the politics of the servants
quarters, while taking on unexpected responsibilities
from the family upstairs.
ISBN: 978 1407 11204 6 |
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|  Slave
Girl
by Patricia C McKissack
Clotee is a slave-girl in one of Virginia's notorious
cotton plantations. To her, freedom is just a word –
but it's the most important word in the world. Based
on the true memoirs of Clotee Henley, a former slave,
this book shows what life was like for black Americans
on the slave plantations.
ISBN: 978 1407 11516 0. Paperback.
£6.99 |
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War Stories for Girls
It isn't just men that war makes heroes. These three
exciting stories feature the Second World War from the
perspective of three young women: Sophie, a messenger
for a Resistance group in France; Kitty, a VAD nurse,
and Edie, a young evacuee, forced to leave her London
home and move to Wales.
ISBN: 978 1407 11482 8. Paperback.
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 Sophie's
Secret War
by Jill Atkins
In 1939, the start of the Second World War, Sophie
becomes a messenger for a Resistance group in Northern
France. But as the German invaders overwhelm the British
forces on the French coast, Sophie finds herself more
deeply involved with the Resistance - in a dangerous
plan to save a young Scottish soldier before the Germans
close in…
ISBN: 978 1407 10865 0. Paperback.
£5.99
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 War
Nurse
by Sue Reid
When war breaks out in 1939 Kitty signs up to be a
Red Cross nurse in a military hospital. It's not long
before she's needed to treat badly wounded casualties
from the war now raging across Europe. Then the hospital
takes a direct hit and Kitty finds herself a reluctant
heroine.
ISBN: 978 1407 10867 4. Paperback.
£5.99
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Highway Girl
by Valerie Wilding
It's 1670. When Susannah and her brother are orphaned
she is forced to live on the charity of distant relations
in England while he seeks his fortune in America. But
when news arrives that her brother is dangerously ill
Susannah will stop at nothing to get the money she desperately
needs to save his life...
ISBN: 978 1407 10870 4. Paperback.
£5.99
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 Workhouse
by Pamela Oldfield
It’s January 1871 when Edith, the sheltered
daughter of a wealthy widow, pays her first eventful
visit to the workhouse for the poor. There she meets
Rosie, a rebellious, quick-tempered orphan who is always
getting into trouble. Edith soon finds herself drawn
into Rosie’s wild schemes and both their lives
are never the same again…
ISBN: 978 1407 10480 5. Paperback.
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 Blitz
by Vince Cross
It's 1940 and with London under fire Edie and her little
brother are evacuated to Wales. Miles from home and
missing her family, Edie is determined to be strong,
but when life in the countryside proves tougher than
in the capital she is torn between obeying her parents
and protecting her brother…
ISBN: 978 1407 10371 6. Paperback.
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Mill Girl
by Sue Reid
In spring 1842 Eliza is shocked when she is sent to
work in the Manchester cotton mills - the noisy, suffocating
mills. The work is backbreaking and dangerous - and
when she sees her friends' lives wrecked by poverty,
sickness and unrest, Eliza realizes she must fight to
escape the fate of a mill girl...
ISBN: 978 1407 10373 0. Paperback.
£5.99 |
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 Pompeii
by Sue Reid
It's August AD 78 and Claudia is at the Forum in Pompeii.
It's a day of strange encounters and even odder portents.
When the ground shakes Claudia is convinced it is a
bad omen. What does it all mean? And why is she so disturbed
by Vesuvius, the great volcano that looms over the city...
ISBN: 978 1407 10308 2. Paperback.
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Road to War
by Valerie Wilding
It's 1917 and the Great War rages in Europe. When Daffy
Rowntree's brother goes missing in action she refuses
to sit safely in England, and determines to do something
to help win the war. Soon she finds herself in the mud
and horror of the battlefields of France, driving an
ambulance transporting the wounded of the trenches...
ISBN: 978 1407 10461 4. Paperback.
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The Great Plague
by Pamela Oldfield
It's 1665 and Alice is looking forward to being back
in London. But the plague is spreading quickly, and
as each day passes more red crosses appear on doors.
When her aunt is struck down with the plague, she is
forced to make a decision that could change her life
forever...
ISBN: 978 1407 10478 2. Paperback.
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 The
Hunger
by Carol Drinkwater
It's 1845 and blight has destroyed the precious potato
crop leaving Ireland starving. Phyllis works hard to
support her struggling family, but when her mother's
health deteriorates she sets off in search of her rebel
brother and is soon swept up in the fight for a free
and fair Ireland...
ISBN: 978 1407 10479 9. Paperback.
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 Titanic
by Ellen Emerson White
Margaret Anne dreams of leaving the orphanage behind,
and she can hardly believe her luck when she is chosen
to accompany wealthy Mrs Carstairs aboard the great
Titanic. But when the passengers are woken on a freezing
night in April 1912, she finds herself caught up in
an unimaginable nightmare...
ISBN: 978 1407 10378 5. Paperback.
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War
Nurse
by Sue Reid
This is the diary of Kitty, an 18-year-old VAD (Voluntary
Aid Detachment), during the years of 1940 and 1941.
As a nurse working in the military hospitals in the
south of England, Kitty sees at close hand the effects
of war - notably the casualties of Dunkirk.
ISBN: 978 0439 95902 5. Paperback.
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 Mayflower
by Kathryn Lasky The diary of 12
year old Remember Patience Whipple, 1620.
"We are journeying to the New World . It is the
Mayflower that be getting us there, slowly. The reason
for our journey is our religion. We are Saints of the
Holy Discipline."
ISBN: 978 0439 98115 6. Paperback.
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 The
Crystal Palace
by Francis Mary Hendry
The diary of Lily Hicks, London 1850-1851
The Crystal Palace is more wonderful every time we go,
with coloured light everywhere, so airy and delicate,
but strong. Master has made a miracle, everybody says
so. And as for the exhibits inside, there are more and
more every day."
ISBN: 0 439 9973 9. Paperback. £5.99
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Anastasia
by Carolyn Meyer
In 1914 Grand Duchess Anastasia, youngest daughter
of the Tsar, leads a privileged life in the grand palaces
of Russia. The First World War and the Bolshevik revolution
are just about to erupt. With the royal family arrested
and exiled to Siberia, the life Anastasia knows is swept
away forever. Spanning the last four years of Anastasia's
life, My Royal Story offers a fascinating insight into
a childhood spent in one of Russian history's darkest
hours.
ISBN: 978 1407 11619 8. Paperback.
£6.99
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 Victoria
by Anna Kirwan
The young Queen Victoria was brought up hidden from
the world she would one day govern. In 1829, aged ten,
Princess Victoria is a lonely little girl, but she is
about to make a startling discovery. She is closer to
the throne than she ever imagined. Spanning a year in
Victoria's life, My Royal Story offers a fascinating
insight into the childhood of a young princess.
ISBN: 978 1407 11620 4. Paperback.
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Tudor Stories for Girls
by Alison Prince
My Tudor Queen is the diary of Eva De Puebla who comes
to England as lady-in-waiting to Catherine of Aragon.
Anne Boleyn and Me is the story of Elinor Valjean, Eva's
daughter, who serves in Henry VIII's court.
ISBN: 978 1407 11096 7. Paperback.
£7.99
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 Princess
of Egypt
by Vince Cross
In 1490 BC Asha, daughter of King Tuthmosis lives a
carefree life at the royal court in Thebes. But when
a prophecy foretells that 'a young woman will prove
to be the best man in the Two Kingdoms', she's caught
up in a world of plots and danger...
ISBN: 978 1407 10309 9. Paperback.
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 The
Bloody Tower
by Valerie Wilding
Tilly lives in turbulent times. It's the 1550s; when
Queen Mary ousts Lady Jane Grey to win the throne, her
executioners are kept busy. Even Princess Elizabeth
is imprisoned in the Tower. As Tilly watches the plots
and politics of the Tudor court unfolding, she waits
for her chance to deliver a very important letter...
ISBN: 978 1407 10477 5. Paperback.
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 To
Kill a Queen
by Valerie Wilding
It's the 1580s. Queen Elizabeth's enemies plot to
kill her and place Mary Queen of Scots on the throne.
While Kitty's father works on secret projects for
Elizabeth, her brother's mixing with suspicious
characters. As Mary's supporters edge closer by
the minute, Kitty fears the worst… that they'll
all be thrown into the Tower.
ISBN: 978 1407 10812 4. Paperback.
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