Theme

coming of age

The F Team

Meet Tariq Nader, leader of ‘The Wolf Pack’ at Punchbowl High, who has been commanded by the new…

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Rawah Arja Publisher: Giramondo Publishing Published year: 2020

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Ray Lawler's revised script (2012) of his (and Australia's) most famous play, in which two larrikin …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Ray Lawler Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1955

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In the heat of a long summer Ned hunts rabbits in a river valley, hoping the pelts will earn him …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Robbie Arnott Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 2022

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Amid the brothels, grog shops and run-down boarding houses of inner-city Surry Hills, money is …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Ruth Park Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1948

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Every so often, there comes a story so brilliant and lively and moving that it cannot be left in…

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Ruth Park Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1982

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Aaron Rowe has dreams he can't explain, and memories he can't recover. But if he doesn't discover …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Scot Gardner Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2011

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A memorable YA novel about the tough and tender sides of growing up in a small country town. …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Steven Herrick Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2004

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Get ready for a wild adventure filled with moral dilemmas and tough choices; Tristan Bancks' Two …

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Tristan Bancks Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2014

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From the winner of the SMH/Age Best Young Novelist of the Year and the Matt Richell Award for New …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Vivian Pham Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2021

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This compelling young adult novel about growing up in a migrant Asian family with a mother who is …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Wai Chim Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2019

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