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Grace Beside Me

A warmly rendered story of life in a small town that interweaves the mundane with the profound and …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Sue McPherson Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2012

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Here Come the Dogs

In small town suburbia, three young men are ready to make their mark. Solomon is all charisma, …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Omar Musa Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2014

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The Boat

The Boat takes us from a tourist in Tehran to a teenage hit man in Colombia; from an aging New York …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Nam Le Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2009

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Don’t Call Me Ishmael

There's no easy way to put this, so I'll say it straight out. It's time I faced up to the truth. I'm…

Year: Secondary, Year 8 Author: Michael Gerard Bauer Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published year: 2006

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The Hate Race

Suburban Australia. Sweltering heat. Three bedroom blonde-brick. Family of five. Beat-up Ford …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Maxine Beneba Clarke Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 2016

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Radiance

Three half-sisters who have drifted far apart meet again at the ramshackle house on stilts where …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Louis Nowra Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1993

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Family Forest

The modern family comes in all shapes and sizes, with half-sisters, big brothers and step-parents. …

Year: Primary, Year 1 Author: Kim Kane Illustrator: Lucia Masciullo Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing Published year: 2010

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Littlelight

When bricks start to go missing from the town of Littlelight, the mayor whips his citizens into a …

Year: Primary, Year 2 Author: Kelly Canby Publisher: Fremantle Press Published year: 2020

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Introducing Teddy

Errol and his teddy, Thomas, are best friends who do everything together. Whether it's riding a bike…

Year: Primary, Year 1 Author: Jessica Walton Illustrator: Dougal MacPherson Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Published year: 2016

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Becoming Kirrali Lewis

Set within the explosive cultural shifts of the 1960s and 1980s, Becoming Kirrali Lewis chronicles …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Jane Harrison Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2015

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