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This Is How We Change the Ending

Sixteen-year-old Nate McKee is doing his best to be invisible. He’s worried about a lot of …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Vikki Wakefield Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 2019

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It’s Raining in Mango

Wresting his family from the easy living of nineteenth–century Sydney, Cornelius Laffey takes them…

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Thea Astley Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1989

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The Red Tree

A small child awakes to find blackened leaves falling from her bedroom ceiling, threatening to …

Year: Primary, Year 5, Year 6 Author: Shaun Tan Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 2001

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The Arrival

A unique 128-page, textless graphic novel, in black, white and sepia, The Arrival draws its …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Shaun Tan Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 2006

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Alfred’s War

Alfred’s War is a powerful story that unmasks the lack of recognition given to Australian …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: Rachel Bin Salleh Illustrator: Samantha Campbell Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2018

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William Bligh: A Stormy Story of Tempestuous Times

William Bligh: a stormy story of tempestuous times peels back the layers of some of the most …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: Michael Sedunary Illustrator: Bern Emmerichs Publisher: Berbay Publishing Published year: 2016

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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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Carry Me Down

John Egan lives with his mother, father and grandmother in rural Ireland. The Guinness Book of …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: M. J. Hyland Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 2006

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The ABC Book of Australian Poetry

Follow the river of poetry through country, town, the bush, the four seasons, night and day and …

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Libby Hathorn Illustrator: Cassandra Allen Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia Published year: 2010

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The Garret: The Drover’s Wife

Leah Purcell, a proud Goa, Gunggari, Wakka Wakka Murri woman, is a multi-award-winning author, …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Leah Purcell Publisher: The Garret Published year: 2020

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