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Just Macbeth!

Take one Shakespearean tragedy: Macbeth. Add Andy, Danny and Lisa – the Just trio, whose madcap…

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Andy Griffiths Illustrator: Terry Denton Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Published year: 2009

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Reg Saunders: An Indigenous War Hero

The little-known story of Reg Saunders, the first Indigenous Australian to become an officer in the…

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Hugh Dolan, Adrian Threlfall Publisher: NewSouth Books Published year: 2015

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Once

Once I escaped from an orphanage to find my Mum and Dad. Once I saved a girl called Zelda from a …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: Morris Gleitzman Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2005

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Refugees

Two wild ducks become refugees when their swamp is drained. Their journey in search of a new …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: David Miller Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 2005

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Ubby’s Underdogs: the Legend of the Phoenix Dragon

Set in the 1940s when the pearling town of Broome is recovering from World War II, The Legend of the…

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Brenton E. McKenna Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2011

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Don’t Call Me Ishmael

There's no easy way to put this, so I'll say it straight out. It's time I faced up to the truth. I'm…

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

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The Divine Wind

Friendship is a slippery notion. We lose friends as we change and our friends don't, or as we form …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Garry Disher Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 1999

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The Messenger

"The Messenger is comedic, romantic, thrilling, confronting, playful, deceptive... While it shares …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Markus Zusak Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Published year: 2002

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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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The Lost Thing

A boy finds a lost 'thing' on the beach where he's scavenging for his bottle top collection. The …

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

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