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Burning Rice

These poems were written while Eileen Chong was an Australian Poetry Fellow in 2011–2012, mentored…

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Eileen Chong Publisher: Pitt Street Poetry Published year: 2012

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Miss Peabody’s Inheritance

"Elizabeth Jolley joins the handful of Australian writers of whom it may be said that their books …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Elizabeth Jolley Publisher: UQP Published year: 1980

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Heat and Light

In this award-winning work of fiction, Ellen van Neerven leads readers on a journey that is mythical…

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Ellen van Neerven Publisher: UQP Published year: 2014

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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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The Boy from the Mish

A funny and heartwarming queer Indigenous YA novel, set in a rural Australian community, about …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Gary Lonesborough Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2021

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The Eleventh Hour

When Horace the Elephant turns eleven he celebrates in grand style by inviting his friends to a …

Year: Primary, Year 1 Author: Graeme Base Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia, Picture Puffin Published year: 1993

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Cunning Crow

Way back, before once-upon-a-time, there was the Dreamtime when all the birds were white. One of …

Year: Primary, Year 1 Author: Gregg Dreise Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2019

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Songbird

Jamila has left her friends, her school and her home in Iraq, and now she has a new home. It’s …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: Ingrid Laguna Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 2019

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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 Publishing, 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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