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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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 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. £5.99 |
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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. £5.99 |
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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. £5.99 |
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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. £5.99 |
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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. £5.99 |
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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. £5.99 |
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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. £5.99 |
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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. £5.99 |
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 Voyage on the Great 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. £5.99 |
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 My
Story: The Queen’s Spies
by
Valerie Wilding Read the diary of 12-year-old
Kitty Lumsden, whose family becomes intricately involved
in a mass of secrets and spies, and a plot to end the
life of Queen Elizabeth and put Mary Queen of Scots
on the throne.
ISBN: 9780439963633. Paperback. £5.99 |
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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: 9780439959025. Paperback. £5.99 |
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 Victorian
Workhouse
by Pamela Oldfield
The diary of Edith Lorrimer, England 1871. Edith is
the sheltered daughter of a wealthy widow who is on
the Board of Governors at a workhouse for the destitute.
Whilst visiting the workhouse, Edith meets with Rosie
Chubb, a troubled orphan who is a liar, quick-tempered
and always in trouble.
ISBN: 9780439977302. Paperback. £5.99 |
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 Anne
Boleyn and Me
by Alison Price The diary of
Elinor Valjean aged 11, London 1525-1536.
"Mama reminds me that I am lucky. She and Queen
Catherine were childhood friends, so we live as members
of the royal court, in whichever palace King Henry VIII
chooses to have his household."
ISBN: 9780439978675. Paperback. £5.99 |
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 Slave
Girl
by Patricia C McKissack
The diary of Clotee, Belmont Plantations in Virginia
, 1859.
"Freedom is one of the first words I teached myself
to write. Down in the Quarters people pray for freedom,
but to keep Mas' Henley from knowin' their true feelings,
they call freedom 'heaven'."
ISBN: 9780439981866. Paperback. £5.99 |
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 Voyage
on the Great Titanic
by Ellen Emerson
White The diary of Margaret Anne Brady,
1912
"His eyes looked urgent. 'Good evening, Miss Brady,'
he said. ' You need to put on something warm and report
to the Boat Deck with your life belt.' It did not seem
possible, but maybe this was not a drill."
ISBN: 9780439997423. Paperback. £5.99 |
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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: 9780439981156. Paperback. £5.99 |
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 The
Bloody Tower
by Valerie Wilding
The diary of Tilly Middleton, London 1553-1559
"I live in the greatest castle in England - the
Tower of London . It is a palace and a fortress, but
also a prison. Our house is within the tower walls so
I soon hear about everything that goes on."
ISBN: 9780439981835. Paperback. £5.99 |
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 Mill
Girl
by Sue Reid
The diary of Eliza Helsted, Manchester 1842-1843
"Something terrible has happened. I can scarcely
bring myself to write the words. I AM TO START AT THE
MILL ON MONDAY! I wasn't Eliza anymore, just a pair
of hands. Factory hands."
ISBN: 9780439981187. Paperback. £5.99 |
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 Great
Plague
by Pamela Oldfield
The diary of Paynton, London 1665-1666
"It seems that in the past week 700 people have
died of the plague. So the plague has well and truly
come to London after all. One of the houses in the next
street had a red cross painted on the door. Above the
cross someone had chalked 'Lord Have Mercy Upon Us.'
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ISBN: 9780439992282. Paperback. £5.99 |
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 My
Tudor Queen
by Alison Prince
The diary of Eva De Puebla, London 1501-1513
"I'm sure Mama would be impressed by the great
procession in which we have slowly made our way from
the West Country to London. Horses and carriages, soldiers,
courtiers, ladies, jesters - and Catherine herself,
Catherine of Aragon on her way to wed Prince Arthur."
ISBN: 9780439999403. Paperback. £5.99 |
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 The
Hunger
by Carol Drinkwater
The diary of Phylllis McCormack , Ireland 1845-1847
"Horrible! The rot has destroyed most of the potatoes
which were wholesome and sound when we dug them out
of the ground. All we have left to eat are those that
hadn't yet gone underground...we'll have to use the
rent to buy food and then what?"
ISBN: 9780439997409. Paperback. £5.99 |
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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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