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The Lost Thing

Essay by Gary Crew Written and illustrated by Shaun Tan, The Lost Thing (2000) prompts readers to …

Year: Secondary, Year 7, Year 8 Book Author: Shaun Tan Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 2000

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By the River

Essay by Felicity Plunkett by the river evokes the textures of a small Australian town in 1962 …

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

Swallow the Air

Essay by Melissa Lucashenko This novel by Tara June Winch is a narrative of a broken family, of …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Book Author: Tara June Winch Publisher: UQP Published year: 2006

It’s Raining in Mango

Essay by Susan Sheridan It's Raining in Mango: Pictures from the Family Album was first published …

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

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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

Essay by Tony Birch Thomas Keneally's novel The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1972) is based in part…

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Book Author: Thomas Keneally Publisher: Angus & Robertson Published year: 1972

Here on Earth

Essay by Danielle Clode  Literature has long provided a powerful outlet for the expression of our…

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Book Author: Tim Flannery Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 2010

Cloudstreet

Essay by Lyn McCredden Reading Tim Winton's rollicking, heartbreaking, hopeful saga, Cloudstreet…

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Book Author: Tim Winton Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1991

Look Who’s Morphing

Essay by Hoa Pham Look Who’s Morphing is a series of humorous short fiction stories, playing …

Year: Tertiary Book Author: Tom Cho Publisher: Giramondo Publishing Published year: 2009

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The Red Shoe

Essay by Clare Bradford In 1989 Ursula Dubosarsky published her first book, Maisie and the Pinny …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Book Author: Ursula Dubosarsky Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2006

The 7 Stages of Grieving

Essay by Melissa Lucashenko Is it possible to feel too much? For millennia, stories from around …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Book Author: Wesley Enoch Publisher: Playlab Published year: 1996