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Day of the Girl

The Girl from the Great Sandy Desert

The Girl from the Great Sandy Desert is the remarkable account of the life of Mana, a young …

Year: Primary, Year 5 Author: Jukuna Mona Chuguna, Pat Lowe Illustrator: Mervyn Street Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2015

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The Book Thief

It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and …

Author: Markus Zusak Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Published year: 2013

Stolen Girl

A fictionalised account of the Stolen Generation that tells of an Aboriginal girl taken from her …

Year: Primary, Year 4 Author: Trina Saffioti Illustrator: Norma MacDonald Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2011

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Speak Chinese, Fang Fang!

Fang Fang was born in China, but she and her parents came to live in Australia when she was very …

Year: Foundation, Primary Author: Sally Rippin Publisher: Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia Published year: 2006

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Songs That Sound Like Blood

Roxy May Redding’s got music in her soul and songs in her blood. She lives in a small, hot, dusty …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Jared Thomas Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2016

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Seven Little Australians

'Without doubt Judy was the worst of the seven, probably because she was the cleverest.' Her father…

Year: Primary, Year 5, Year 6 Author: Ethel Turner Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1894

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Pearl Verses the World

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 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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Nona and Me

Rosie and Nona are sisters. Yapas. They are also best friends. It doesn’t matter that Rosie is …

Author: Clare Atkins Publisher: Black Inc. Published year: 2014

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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