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Tracks

'I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Robyn Davidson Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Published year: 1980

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The Incredible Freedom Machines

In this sumptuous story of exploration and breaking boundaries, a young girl uncovers her very …

Year: Primary, Year 5 Author: Kirli Saunders Illustrator: Matt Ottley Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published year: 2018

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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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Sonam and the Silence

A haunting fable-like story by the well-known musician and author, Eddie Ayres, about the power of …

Year: Primary, Year 3 Author: Eddie Ayres Illustrator: Ronak Taher Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2018

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Nine Parts of Desire

‘Frank, enraging and captivating.' The New Yorker Australian writer Geraldine Brooks is now known …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Geraldine Brooks Publisher: Random House Australia Published year: 2008

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How to Bee

A story about family, loyalty, kindness and bravery, set against an all-too-possible future where …

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Bren MacDibble Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2017

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Heat and Light

In this award-winning work of fiction, Ellen van Neerven leads readers on a journey that is mythical…

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Ellen van Neerven Publisher: UQP Published year: 2014

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Cafe Scheherazade

"In Acland Street, St Kilda, there stands a cafe called Scheherazade." Thus begins Arnold Zable’s …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Arnold Zable Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 2001

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Burial Rites

In northern Iceland, 1829, Agnes Magnusdottir is condemned to death for her part in the brutal …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Hannah Kent Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Published year: 2014

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Black Cockatoo

Black Cockatoo is a vignette that follows Mia, a young Aboriginal girl as she explores the fragile …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: Carl Merrison, Hakea Hustler Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2018

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