Year Published

2009

A Ghost in my Suitcase

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

Author: Gabrielle Wang Publisher: Penguin Australia Published year: 2009

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. Publishing Published year: 2009

Teacher Resource

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 Published year: 2009

Teacher Resource Essay

A moving illustrated verse novel about a girl dealing with isolation at school, and with her grandma…

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

Teacher Resource

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 Australia, Picture Puffin Published year: 2009

Teacher Resource

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 Australia Published year: 2009

Teacher Resource Essay

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

Year: Secondary, Year 10, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Nam Le Publisher: Penguin Australia Published year: 2009

Teacher Resource Essay

Full of unforgettable characters, a page-turning pace and outrageously good dialogue, this is a …

Author: Craig Silvey Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2009

The Colony is the story of the marvellously contrary, endlessly energetic early years of Sydney. It …

Author: Grace Karskens Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2009