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friendship

The Garret: Zac and Mia

A.J. Betts' novel Zac and Mia won the 2012 Text Prize and the 2014 Ethel Turner Prize for …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: A. J. Betts Publisher: The Garret Published year: 2020

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The Happiness Box

An inspiring narrative nonfiction picture book by award winners Mark Greenwood and Andrew McLean. …

Year: Primary, Year 4 Author: Mark Greenwood Illustrator: Andrew McLean Publisher: Walker Books Published year: 2018

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The Eagle Inside

Jimmy is the smallest bird at school. Surrounded by big, tough birds, he feels different in every …

Year: Primary, Year 2 Author: Jack Manning Bancroft Illustrator: Bronwyn Bancroft Publisher: Hardie Grant Published year: 2018

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How to Bee

A story about family, loyalty, kindness and bravery, set against an all-too-possible future where …

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Bren MacDibble Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2017

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Benny Bungarra’s Big Bush Clean-Up

An environmental tale for Early Childhood and Lower Primary readers that shows how animals are …

Year: Foundation, Primary Author: Sally Morgan Illustrator: Ambelin Kwaymullina Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2018

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The Garret: Ursula Dubosarky

Reading Australia presents this Ursula Dubosarky podcast, with permission from The Garret Podcast…

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Ursula Dubosarsky Publisher: The Garret Published year: 2017

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The Garret: Morris Gleitzman

Morris was born in England and emigrated to Australia in 1969. He started his career as writer…

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Morris Gleitzman Publisher: The Garret Published year: 2017

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John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat

Rose lived with her dog, John Brown. 'Just the two of us,' said Rose, until the mysterious midnight …

Year: Primary, Year 2 Author: Jenny Wagner Illustrator: Ron Brooks Publisher: Penguin Books Australia, Picture Puffin Published year: 1980

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Us Mob Walawurru

Central Australia, 1960s ... Ruby lives on a cattle station and goes to the ‘silver bullet' school…

Year: Secondary, Year 8 Author: Lisa Wilyuka, David Spillman Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2006

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Ubby’s Underdogs: Heroes Beginnings

It's the late 1940s and Broome, a small pearling town in the heart of an ancient land, is still …

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Brenton E. McKenna Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2013

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