Kirjahaku

This is the third book of the series Destiny in Disguise. The Johnsonfamily, after a decade, has fled the inhospitable environment of the Daintree Rainforest in North Queensland, Australia. The tragic death of their eldest daughter, Madeline leaves the parents, Burton and Marion believing bad luck has caught up with them. The two boys Keith and Max are still at logger heads after their experience with the crocodile in the billabong. Add the mystique of physical and sexual maturity both of which excites and confuses they are flung into the Second World War.The celebrations at the end of the war creates an atmosphere of freedom resulting in a young lady becoming pregnant and Max being made to take the blame and then has to accept the responsibility. He disappears and there are sightings and deaths but no one knows who the real Max Johnson is. In faraway Mildura, South Australia, a sixteen year old girl islooking at a future that is indescribable until her mother finds another man to spirit her to a destiny which might offer hera maximum joyful life. 

Crete 1941, Autumn, the final group of Allied Prisoners of War was being rounded up to be shipped to Germany. They were gathered at Iraklion but instead of continuing to Greece the group was split. One hundred and thirty six were placed in a convoy of lorries and sent south over the mountains. Where were they going and what were they going to be doing at their destination?No-one knew the fate of the men who were spirited away for the next eight decades. A New Zealand researcher in Christchurch chanced upon a pair of canvas made shorts that had signatures all over it. One of those signatures was from a West Australian. The West Australian contact started to piece the story together when he discovered a soldier, who was in the convoy of lorries had written a diary covering the lost time. Piece by piece the story and the men involved in it came to light.What happened on the wind swept and isolated area on the south coast of Crete in the autumn of 1941? Who were the soldiers whose names appeared on the mysterious canvas shorts? The story centres on several men and their adventures on Crete. William Roy Buirchell is caught on the south side near Tymbakion and returned to Galatas. He makes another escape and stays 'loose' from June until October, 1941. Unfortunately he gets Malaria and finds himself in the Tymbakion Prisoner of War Camp. Albert Edward Chamberlain becomes a POW and is shipped to Salonika and then into Germany. Vic Petersen is a West Australian is captured but inexplicably he and many others are kept on Crete. Each of the characters the researchers found were placed in the book.

Crete 1941, Autumn, the final group of Allied Prisoners of War was being rounded up to be shipped to Germany. They were gathered at Iraklion but instead of continuing to Greece the group was split. One hundred and thirty six were placed in a convoy of lorries and sent south over the mountains. Where were they going and what were they going to be doing at their destination?No-one knew the fate of the men who were spirited away for the next eight decades. A New Zealand researcher in Christchurch chanced upon a pair of canvas made shorts that had signatures all over it. One of those signatures was from a West Australian. The West Australian contact started to piece the story together when he discovered a soldier, who was in the convoy of lorries had written a diary covering the lost time. Piece by piece the story and the men involved in it came to light.What happened on the wind swept and isolated area on the south coast of Crete in the autumn of 1941? Who were the soldiers whose names appeared on the mysterious canvas shorts?The story centres on several men and their adventures on Crete. William Roy Buirchell is caught on the south side near Tymbakion and returned to Galatas. He makes another escape and stays 'loose' from June until October, 1941. Unfortunately he gets Malaria and finds himself in the Tymbakion Prisoner of War Camp. Albert Edward Chamberlain becomes a POW and is shipped to Salonika and then into Germany. Vic Petersen is a West Australian is captured but inexplicably he and many others are kept on Crete. Each of the characters the researchers found were placed in the book.

A drying swamp forces the ducks to move their precious babies to a deeper lake. This sounds like an easy move except there is a very busy highway to cross. Getting across the highway is only one hazard. Disaster happens when three of the fluff balls fall through a storm water grate. What happens then? How does Cric Croc become involved? Who is the kangaroo that comes bounding into the story?The story is another children's picture book in the Cric Croc Series. This is a story of courage and helping out those in need or danger. It also shows the importance of team work.