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belonging

My Two Blankets

Cartwheel has moved to a place that is so strange to her, she no longer feels like herself. This …

Year: Primary, Year 2 Author: Irena Kobald Illustrator: Freya Blackwood Publisher: Hardie Grant, Little Hare Published year: 2014

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No Sugar

Commissioned for the 1985 Perth Festival, this is the spirited story of the Millimurra family’s …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Jack Davis Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1985

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Becoming Kirrali Lewis

Set within the explosive cultural shifts of the 1960s and 1980s, Becoming Kirrali Lewis chronicles …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Jane Harrison Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2015

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Baby Business

Warm smoke from the fire on your mouth. Keep our language on your tongue. Our words are the song of …

Year: Primary, Year 3 Author: Jasmine Seymour Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2019

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Bran Nue Dae

The story of Bran Nue Dae concerns Willie, who having been expelled from the missionary school in …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Jimmy Chi Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1991

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Big Rain Coming

A lyrical story about waiting for the rain to come to an isolated Aboriginal community. Tension in …

Year: Foundation, Primary Author: Katrina Germein Illustrator: Bronwyn Bancroft Publisher: Penguin Australia Published year: 2002

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The ABC Book of Australian Poetry

'I am the river, gently flowing, as I wind my way to the sea.' (Mary Duroux) Follow the river of …

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Libby Hathorn Illustrator: Cassandra Allen Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia Published year: 2010

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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 Published year: 2011

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Looking for Alibrandi

Melina Marchetta's stunning debut novel Looking for Alibrandi is one girl's story of her final year …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Melina Marchetta Publisher: Penguin Australia Published year: 1992

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The Garret: Too Much Lip

Melissa Lucashenko is a multi-award winning Goorie writer. Her novel Too Much Lip received the …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Melissa Lucashenko Publisher: The Garret Published year: 2020

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