Books

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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Written from her home in the Sydney suburb of Annandale over a period of thirty years, but ranging …

Author: Antigone Kefala Publisher: Giramondo Publishing Published year: 2008

There was once a man on a property outside a one-horse town, in New South Wales, who couldn’t come…

Author: Murray Bail Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 2008

Maya de Jong, an eighteen-year-old country girl from the West, comes to live in Melbourne and starts…

Author: Joan London Publisher: Random House Australia Published year: 2008

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

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

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View ABC Splash interview The Golden Bird brings together the best of Robert Adamson's work from …

Author: Robert Adamson Publisher: Black Inc. Published year: 2008

The vivid and compelling story of a young girl fleeing Afghanistan with her family and their journey…

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Libby Gleeson Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2008

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Chellie loves the beautiful green turtles on her tropical island home. So when they are threatened, …

Author: Christobel Mattingley Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2008

A rich and haunting allegory for all ages, all cultures. 'The rabbits came many grandparents ago…

Year: Secondary, Year 8 Author: John Marsden Illustrator: Shaun Tan Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 2008

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From the much-acclaimed creator of The Arrival, The Red Tree and The Lost Thing, fifteen intriguing …

Author: Shaun Tan Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2008