Year Published

2009

Father’s Day

Tony Birch has an eye for life lived at the margins and in Father’s Day he brings the streets of …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Tony Birch Publisher: Hunter Publishers Published year: 2009

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Maralinga, the Anangu Story

An extraordinary illustrated history told from the Indigenous perspective and created through a …

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Yalata and Oak Valley Communities, Christobel Mattingley Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2009

A Ghost in my Suitcase

An award-winning magic realism story for 10+ readers about finding yourself, ghost-hunting, Chinese …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: Gabrielle Wang Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2009

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Vertigo

Luke and Anna, thirty-something and restless, decide on a sea change. Worn down by city life and …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Amanda Lohrey Publisher: Black Inc. Published year: 2009

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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

Teacher Resource Essay

Pearl Verses the World

A powerful and moving illustrated novel about loss, grief and finding your place in the world…

Year: Primary, Year 3 Author: Sally Murphy Illustrator: Heather Potter Publisher: Walker Books Australia Published year: 2009

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Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley

Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley are the best of friends. But they are different in almost every …

Year: Primary, Year 1 Author: Aaron Blabey Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia, Picture Puffin Published year: 2009

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The Tall Man

The story of a death, a policeman, an island and a country The Tall Man is the story of Palm …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Chloe Hooper Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2009

Teacher Resource Essay

Look Who’s Morphing

Look Who's Morphing is a collection of bizarre, funny, often menacing fictions in which, along with…

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

Essay

The Boat

The Boat takes us from a tourist in Tehran to a teenage hit man in Colombia; from an aging New York …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Nam Le Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2009

Teacher Resource Essay