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My Story: Noor-un-Nissa Inayat Khan isthe thrilling story of British-Indian World War Two heroine, Noor-un-NissaInayat Khan.It's 1940 and hundreds of families are being forced to flee Nazi-occupiedFrance.Noor refuses to stand by while Nazi forces invade her home andterrorise her people, so she travels to England and signs up tojoin the war efforts, despite her mother's wishes.It isn't long before her talents are noticed and she is chosenby Winston Churchill to sneak back into France as an undercoveragent. Noor returns home – but this time, as a secret agent...Can Noor keep her true identity hidden, report her findings backto London and help the Allies win the war? Perfect for any child wanting to learn more about history’suntold storiesGreat background reading for Key Stage 2 & 3My Story: exciting stories with reliable and accuratehistorical detail Experience history first-hand with My Story.

My Story: Princess Sophia Duleep Singh –the thrilling story of the princess and suffragette.Born in Britain to Indian and Egyptian parents, Princess SophiaDuleep Singh was a prominent suffragette and campaigned for thewomen’s right to vote. Explore Sophia's incredible life with My Story. Perfect for any child wanting to learn more about history’suntold storiesGreat background reading for Key Stage 2 & 3My Story: exciting stories with reliable and accuratehistorical detail Experience history first-hand with My Story.

My Story: Mary Prince – thethrilling story of the former slave and abolitionist.Born in enslavement in Bermuda, Mary Prince travelled to England,escaped slavery and became a prominent abolitionist whose lifestory was the first of a Black woman's to be published in Britain.  Explore Mary's incredible life with My Story. Perfect for any child wanting to learn more about history’suntold storiesGreat background reading for Key Stage 2 & 3My Story: exciting stories with reliable and accuratehistorical detail Experience history first-hand with My Story.

My Story: Ignatius Sancho is the extraordinarytrue story of a young boy's life: a slave, a servant,a business owner, a campaigner, a composer, a writer.Greenwich 1738, and 8-year-old Ignatius lives with three sisters.Not as a member of their family, but more or less a pet –a toy. He serves them breakfast, lunch and dinner, fetches andcarries, does their bidding and all without thanks or asmile. He lives with the constant possibility of being sentaway to a sugar plantation – to endure back-breaking workaway from everything and everyone he has ever known. When the threat of being sent back to the West Indies tobe enslaved on a plantation becomes suddenly all tooreal, Ignatius must escape and start to build a real and brilliantlife for himself.  an inspirational story based on real lifeperfect for anyone wanting to understand more about Britain'srole in the transatlantic slave trade an empowering and important read.  "I have to sit down. I need to wipe my eyes. Imagine, me, thelittle boy who slaved for the sisters and had to fight so hard tobe able to read and write, has become the first black man to havea say in who governs England."Experience history first-hand with My Story.