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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 girl's My Story series
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 Battle of Britain
by Chris Priestley
It's 1939 and Harry Woods is a Spitfire pilot in the RAF. When his friend Lenny loses his leg in a dogfight with the Luftwaffe, Harry is determined to fight on. That is, until his plane is hit and he finds himself tumbling through the air high above the English Channel...
ISBN: 978 1407 10370 9. Paperback. £5.99 |
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 Trenches
by Jim Eldridge
It's 1917 and Billy Stevens is a telegraph operator stationed near Ypres. The Great War has been raging for three years when Billy finds himself taking part in the deadly Big Push forward. But he is shocked to discover that the bullets of his fellow soldiers aren't just aimed at the enemy...
ISBN: 978 1407 10377 8. Paperback. £5.99 |
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 Viking Blood
by Andrew Donkin
It’s 1008 AD, and after being injured in a raid that goes horribly wrong, Tor Scaldbane is devastated at losing his chance to be a legendary warrior. But then he discovers the sagas of his ancestors; glorious, bloody battles, ancient heroes, powerful gods ... and realizes that all might not be lost after all...
ISBN: 978 1407 10481 2. Paperback. £5.99 |
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 U-Boat
Hunter
by Bryan Perrett
Set in early 1940s, against a background
of rolling seas, bitter cold and attacks from German
surface warships and submarines, 16 yr old Peter Rogers
is training with the Royal Navy. His father’s
ship has been torpedoed off the coast of Ireland and
Peter joins an escort fleet in the North Atlantic where
British convoys are suffering horrific losses from enemy
U-boats. We share in the trials and tribulations of
his duties, including the constant tension, the bitter
cold, mountainous seas - and the moment when he and
his father's captor come face to face...
ISBN: 9780439959384. Paperback. £5.99 |
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 Desert
Danger
by Jim Eldridge
The story of 19 year old Tim Jackson, set in North
Africa during World War II.
“I was lifting one of our mines when there was
an explosion from the team to our right. I only heard
it because there had been a momentary lull in the barrage
from the big guns. We all looked, and saw that the man
lifting the mines had handled one incorrectly and it
had exploded…”
ISBN: 9780439958936. Paperback.
£5.99 |
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 Spy
Smuggler
by Jim Eldridge Paul
Leland is a 13-year-old boy living in rural France .
He has been living under Nazi occupation since 1940.
Working with the Resistance cell in his village, Paul
is a crucial figure in the 'escape route' for allied
POWs and agents.
ISBN: 9780439968843. Paperback. £5.99 |
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 D-Day
by Bryan Perrett
Jim Dodd is an 18-year-old Second Lieutenant in an
infantry battalion, a former Territorial unit. He is
younger than many of the men in his platoon, but earns
their respect by handling the men well on exercise and
looking after their welfare.
ISBN: 9780439967891. Paperback. £5.99 |
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 Flying
Ace
by Jim Eldridge
Jack Fairfax is the 19 year old second
son of Lord and Lady Fairfax. The Fairfaxes are steeped
in the military tradition, and don't approve of Jack's
volunteering for the Royal Flying Corps. New-fangled
flying machines are nothing to do with 'proper' warfare.
Nevertheless, Jack takes to the skies in his Bleriot
plane, and faces the skills of the German ace pilots
over the Somme.
ISBN: 9780439977371. Paperback. £5.99 |
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 Agincourt
by Michael Cox
The story of fourteen year old Jenkin Lloyd who lives
in the village of Tregarth in the Welsh lordship of
Nether Gwent. Set in 1415, Jenkin recounts his involvement
in the siege at Harfleur, the crossing of the Somme
and the charge of the French knights at Agincourt .
ISBN: 9780439982665. Paperback. £5.99 |
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Battle
of Britain
by Chris Priestly
The story of Harry Woods, England 1939-1941.
"I was out, free of my aircraft, tumbling wildly
in the air. I pulled the ripcord. I was jerked back
by the parachute as air punched into it and I swung
there like a puppet. Then I heard it - right behind
me. An Me109 diving towards me, guns blazing..."
ISBN: 9780439994231. Paperback. £5.99 |
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 Trafalgar
by Bryan Perrett
October 1805, James Grant is 20 years old and was born
in Liverpool . He has spent the past seven years at
sea aboard His Majesty's frigate Norseman. His compelling
story is based on his sea journal and numerous letters
written at the time which describe being at war on the
sea.
ISBN: 9780439994217. Paperback. £5.99 |
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 The
Trenches
by Jim Eldridge
The story of Billy Stevens who goes to war in the trenches
as an innocent boy from Carlisle and comes back as a
man whose mind is filled with memories of terrible sights
that are still vivid in his mind.
ISBN: 9780439994224. Paperback. £5.99 |
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