Reviews

The author adopts quite a chatty tone as she very successfully 'makes history come alive' and takes readers through the eight centuries of social, political, and cultural world history haunted by the terrors of The Plague, The Death, The Pestilence. Comprehensively researched historical information is interspersed with some gripping 'Imagine you are there' segments: diary entries and letters written by fictional characters who are about fourteen.
— Elspeth Cameron, Reading Time

This text offers excellent insights into medieval society as well as human nature in general and would be certain to spark lively classroom discussions about medieval European life for high school students learning about this period of history.
— Susan Whelan, Suite101

Here is a clear account of this now famous episode in Australian war history... Readers will be drawn into the story of these brave young men
— Children’s Book Council of Australia

Macinnis’ 101 Days joins a small library on the subject. The maps and illustrations are excellent
— Sydney Morning Herald

This is an amazing and inspiring story of the defence of the Kokoda Track
— Reading Time

Kokoda Track: 101 Days is a surprisingly dense and detailed account for ages 12 and up that holds the reader’s interest through the classic appeal of the ripping yarn.
— Jane Sullivan, The Age

...supported by good maps, a few contemporary photographs and peripheral strips of background information – potted biographies, weaponry, geography etc – Kokoda Track offers teenagers a succinct overview of this important episode in our military history. A chronology, glossary and index enhance its application to the classroom.
— Magpies