Theme

friendship

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 Random House Australia Published year: 1992

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Amy and Louis

Amy and Louis are best friends. They live next door to each other. When they want to play they call…

Year: Primary, Year 1 Author: Libby Gleeson Illustrator: Freya Blackwood Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published year: 2006

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Come Down, Cat!

From the combined talents of Sonya Hartnett and Lucia Masciullo comes this tale of friendship and …

Year: Primary, Year 1 Author: Sonya Hartnett Illustrator: Lucia Masciullo Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2013

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Five Times Dizzy

Together Five Times Dizzy and Dancing in the Anzac Deli tell the tale of Mareka and the Wilson kids…

Year: Primary, Year 3, Year 4 Author: Nadia Wheatley Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 1982

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Fox

A magnificent and arresting picture book that goes to the heart of human relationships. Dog and …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Margaret Wild Illustrator: Ron Brooks Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2000

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I Own the Racecourse!

Andy Hoddel was different from other boys. He never really understood the game they played, in which…

Year: Primary, Year 5, Year 6 Author: Patricia Wrightson Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 1968

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The Silver Donkey

One bright spring morning in the woods of France, a soldier, blinded by the war, is found by a …

Year: Primary, Year 5, Year 6 Author: Sonya Hartnett Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2007

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Away

Commencing with a school performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream, the Shakespearean themes of …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Michael Gow Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1986

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Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

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

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Ray Lawler Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1955

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Tell Me I’m Here

This is the compelling story of Jonathan, a charming teenager who turns into a fearful and tormented…

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Anne Deveson Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1991

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