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Burning Rice

These poems were written while Eileen Chong was an Australian Poetry Fellow in 2011–2012, mentored…

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Eileen Chong Publisher: Pitt Street Poetry Published year: 2012

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One Minute’s Silence

A moving and powerful story about the meaning of Remembrance Day, drawing on the ANZAC and Turkish …

Year: Primary, Year 5 Author: David Metzenthen Illustrator: Michael Camilleri Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2014

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Bamboozled

When Alice follows a white rabbit in a smart waistcoat into a large hole, she tumbles into a world …

Year: Foundation, Primary Author: David Legge Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published year: 1994

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Paperboy

A story about bouncing forward when faced with adversity, and about making creative choices in the …

Year: Primary, Year 4 Author: Danny Parker Illustrator: Bethany Macdonald Publisher: Dirt Lane Press Published year: 2020

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The Year the Maps Changed

One extraordinary year will change them all... Sorrento, Victoria, 1999. Fred's family is a mess…

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Danielle Binks Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 2020

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Storm Boy

This Australian children's classic has now been enchanting children for 60 years. The Colin …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: Colin Thiele Publisher: New Holland Publishers Published year: 1964

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The Slap

To smack or not to smack is the question that reverberates through the interconnected lives …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Christos Tsiolkas Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2008

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New Year Surprise!

Little Brother is told by his brother and his friends that he's too small to help out at the Spring …

Year: Primary, Year 1 Author: Christopher Cheng Illustrator: Di Wu Publisher: National Library of Australia Published year: 2016

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The Man Who Loved Children

The Man Who Loved Children is Christina Stead's masterpiece about family life. Set in Washington …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Christina Stead Publisher: MUP Published year: 1940

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Evil Genius

With a plot that twists and turns and super-villains in training, this is the first dark, thrilling …

Year: Secondary, Year 8 Author: Catherine Jinks Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2005

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