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Welcome to Country: Youth Edition

Written by one of Australia’s most prominent Indigenous voices, Welcome to Country is …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Marcia Langton Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing Published year: 2019

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Vampyre

I am Vampyre. Feared. Despised. I live in darkness. I long for light. From the dark depths of his …

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Margaret Wild Illustrator: Andrew Yeo Publisher: Walker Books Australia Published year: 2011

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The Feather

‘Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul’ – Emily Dickinson This is a …

Year: Primary, Year 4 Author: Margaret Wild Illustrator: Freya Blackwood Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing Published year: 2018

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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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Looking for Alibrandi

Multi-award-winning, a bestseller and made into an award-winning feature film, Looking for Alibrandi…

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Melina Marchetta Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1992

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Too Much Lip

Wise-cracking Kerry Salter has spent a lifetime avoiding two things – her hometown and prison…

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Melissa Lucashenko Publisher: UQP Published year: 2018

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The Garret: Too Much Lip

Melissa Lucashenko is a multi-award winning Goorie writer. Her novel Too Much Lip received the …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Melissa Lucashenko Publisher: The Garret Published year: 2020

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Away

Commencing with a school performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Shakespearean themes of …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Michael Gow Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1986

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Five Times Dizzy

Together Five Times Dizzy and Dancing in the Anzac Deli tell the tale of Mareka and the Wilson kids…

Year: Primary, Year 3, Year 4 Author: Nadia Wheatley Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 1982

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My Place (Nadia Wheatley)

Everyone is part of History, and every place has a story as old as the earth. My Place depicts …

Year: Primary, Year 3, Year 4 Author: Nadia Wheatley Illustrator: Donna Rawlins Publisher: Walker Books Australia Published year: 1987

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