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Purple Threads

Winner of the David Unaipon Award, an engaging, moving and often funny yarn about growing up in the …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Jeanine Leane Publisher: UQP Published year: 2011

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Playing Beatie Bow

Every so often, there comes a story so brilliant and lively and moving that it cannot be left in…

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Ruth Park Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1982

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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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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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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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Fox

A beautiful hardcover edition of the classic picture book to celebrate the 25th anniversary of this …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Margaret Wild Illustrator: Ron Brooks Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2000

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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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Don’t Call Me Ishmael!

But that won't stop Ishmael and his intrepid band of misfits from taking on bullies, bugs, babes…

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

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Death Sentence

Part diatribe, part cool reflection on the state of Australia’s public language, Don Watson’s …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Don Watson Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2004

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By the River

A memorable YA novel about the tough and tender sides of growing up in a small country town. …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Steven Herrick Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2004

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