The Deadly Flu (A Different Sort of Real)
The Deadly Flu: The Diary of Charlotte McKenzie, Melbourne 1918-1919
Charlotte McKenzie lives in Melbourne. It is the end of WW1 and as she assists the doctor next door, she finds herself experiencing close at hand the devastating effects of the influenza pandemic, that killed more people than WW1 itself. And when it finally attacks her own family, how can Charlotte cope?
Note: This book was originally published with the title, A Different Sort of Real.
About the My Australian Story Series
Books in series order
- 1.A Banner Bold(2000)
- 2.Secrets and Sisterhood (A Tale of Two Families)(2000)
- 3.Plagues and Federation(2000)
- 4.Surviving Sydney Cove(2000)
- 5.The Deadly Flu (A Different Sort of Real)(2001)
- 6.The Rum Rebellion(2001)
- 7.The Yankee Whaler(2001)
- 8.Who Am I?(2001)
- 9.Voyage to Botany Bay (On Board the Boussole)(2002)
- 10.The Bombing of Darwin(2002)
- 11.Fords and Flying Machines(2003)
- 12.Snowy(2003)
- 13.Riding with Thunderbolt(2004)
- 14.Our Don Bradman(2004)
- 15.A Marathon of Her Own(2004)
- 16.Our Enemy, My Friend(2005)
- 17.New Gold Mountain(2005)
- 18.Outback(2005)
- 19.Cyclone Tracy(2006)
- 20.Refugee(2006)
- 21.The Melting Pot(2007)
- 22.Archer's Melbourne Cup(2007)
- 23.Snatched by Pirates (Claw of the Dragon)(2008)
- 24.Atomic Testing(2009)
- 25.The Hunt for Ned Kelly(2010)
- 26.The Phar Lap Mystery(2010)
- 27.My Father's War(2011)
- 28.Sydney Harbour Bridge(2012)
- 29.Heroes of Tobruk(2012)
- 30.Escape from Cockatoo Island(2013)
- 31.Gallipoli(2013)
- 32.Fremantle Prison Break(2013)
- 33.Kokoda(2014)
- 34.Convict Girl(2014)
Reading age: 9+ years
My Australian Story is a series of historical novels written by various authors. Each book is written in the form of a fictional diary of a young person living during an important event or significant time period in Australian history.