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Alison Lloyd

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August 04

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Historical Fiction, Children's, History

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Alison Lloyd is an Australian writer. She writes both fiction and non-fiction -- new words about old worlds.

Alison has had ten books for children published, several of which have won national prizes or been shortlisted.

Alison now writes women's historical fiction with elements of romance, adventure, warmth and wit.

You can find her online, and get her newsletter, at https://alisonlloydauthor.com/ .
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	Meet Letty (Our Australian Girl - Letty, #1) by Alison Lloyd (Goodreads Author), Lucia Masciullo (Illustrator) 4.05 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Year of the Tiger 3.52 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letty and the Stranger's Lace (Our Australian Girl - Letty, #2) by Alison Lloyd (Goodreads Author), Lucia Masciullo (Illustrator) 3.90 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letty on the Land (Our Australian Girl - Letty, #3) by Alison Lloyd (Goodreads Author), Lucia Masciullo (Illustrator) 3.92 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letty's Christmas (Our Australian Girl - Letty, #4) by Alison Lloyd (Goodreads Author), Lucia Masciullo (Illustrator) 3.95 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our Australian Girl: The Letty Stories: 4 Books in One by Alison Lloyd (Goodreads Author), Lucia Masciullo (Illustrator) 4.38 avg rating — 73 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Upside-down History of Down Under 4.08 avg rating — 40 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Do You Dare? Bushranger's Boys 3.72 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Battle Of The Jade Horse 3.80 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wicked Warriors and Evil Emperors: The True Story of the Fight for Ancient China by Alison Lloyd (Goodreads Author), Terry Denton (Illustrator) 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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You shall not covet your neighbours house. You shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, all his manservant all maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour. Exodus 20: 17

Pilate perceived that it was out of envy that the chief priests had delivered Jesus up. Mark 15:10

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Our Australian Girl - Letty (4 books)
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The Book That Wouldn’t Burn (The Library Trilogy, #1)

by Mark Lawrence (Goodreads Author)

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Demon Copperhead

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The Queen's Handmaid (Secrets of the Lost Empires #1)

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Alison Lloyd rated a book really liked it By the Sword (Guardians of the Crown, #1) by Alison Stuart (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Alison Lloyd wants to read Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall (Goodreads Author) Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite Historical Fiction, Readers' Favorite Audiobook	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Alison Lloyd wants to read The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (Goodreads Author) Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite Fiction, Readers' Favorite Debut Novel, Readers' Favorite Audiobook	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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I’d rather read a biography. And I like historical fiction I tossed up giving this book 4 stars. But despite a gripping opening, and some beautifully written, evocative passages, overall this novel makes a hash of rich historical material. Chronologi ...more
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Alison Lloyd rated a book liked it The Duke's Last Word (Love, Most Ardently Book 1) by Sophie Leigh Fox (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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