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History Mysteries: Diamond Jack by Mark Greenwood
Category: First Readers | Series: History Mysteries Ser. | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 2-3, Age 7-8
In March 1942, an aircraft prepares for a desperate midnight escape, taking refugees to safety in Australia. Just before take-off, the pilot is entrusted with a mysterious, wax-sealed package. But when the plane is shot down by the enemy and crash lands on the Kimberley coast, the package is forgotten-- ...Show more
History Mysteries: Lasseter's Gold by Mark Greenwood
Category: First Readers | Series: History Mysteries Ser. | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 4-6, Age 9-11
It?s 1930, and a man named Harold Lasseter claims to have discovered a massive gold reef in Central Australia. As he journeys across the desert to find it again, he buries maps and secret messages beneath the ashes of his campfires - before taking the location of the treasure to his grave...
History Mysteries: The Last Tiger by Mark Greenwood
Category: First Readers | Series: History Mysteries Ser. | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 3-4, Age 8-9
In 1936, hunted and trapped by European farmers, the last few Tasmanian Tigers take refuge in the forests of Tasmania. But even after the last-known Tiger dies alone and neglected in a zoo, people claim to have sighted this amazing creature. No one can prove it still exists, until a determined searcher ...Show more
History Mysteries: The Lost Explorer by Mark Greenwood
Category: First Readers | Series: History Mysteries Ser. | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 2-3, Age 7-8
In 1848 the famous explorer Ludwig Leichhardt sets out on an epic journey. His aim is to cross Australia from east to west, but he never reaches his destination and no one from his expedition is ever seen again. Countless search parties set out to look for the expedition but no trace is ever found. Unti ...Show more
Jandamarra by Mark Greenwood
Category: Hardback Picture Books
"He emerged from the cave of bats with the name given to him by his people. He was Jandamarra - a man of power who could appear and disappear like a ghost." Set in the Kimberley region in north-west Australia, this is the story of a young warrior born to lead. To the settlers, he was an outlaw to be hun ...Show more
The Dragon's Treasure by Mark Greenwood
Category: Teen
Join the History Hunter as he delves into an extraordinary story of shipwreck and treasure and investigates one of Australia's mysterious cold cases. On a summer morning in 1931, four children on a remote beach made a remarkable discovery. But this was only one of many astonishing finds in the same area ...Show more
The Vanishing by Mark Greenwood
Category: Teen
Are we alone in the universe? The History Hunter examines an unexplained disappearance to find out In 1978, a young pilot vanished during a routine flight over a notorious stretch of water known as the 'Bass Strait Triangle'. His radio transmission to airport control is one of the most bizarre ever reco ...Show more
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