Theme

friendship

Zac and Mia

The last person Zac expects in the room next door is a girl like Mia, angry and feisty with …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: A. J. Betts Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 2013

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Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge

Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge lives next door to a nursing home. When he finds out that his …

Year: Primary, Year 1 Author: Mem Fox Illustrator: Julie Vivas Publisher: Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia Published year: 1984

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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: the Legend of the Phoenix Dragon

Set in the 1940s when the pearling town of Broome is recovering from World War II, The Legend of the…

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Brenton E. McKenna Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2011

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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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Two Mates

The true story of the special mateship between two boys who have grown up together in Broome in …

Year: Primary, Year 1 Author: Melanie Prewett Illustrator: Maggie Prewett Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2012

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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 Australia Published year: 2007

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The Peasant Prince

'This is your one chance. You have your secret dreams. Follow them! Make them come true . . . ' …

Year: Primary, Year 3, Year 4 Author: Li Cunxin Illustrator: Anne Spudvilas Publisher: Penguin Australia, Viking Published year: 2007

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The Lost Thing

A boy finds a lost 'thing' on the beach where he's scavenging for his bottle top collection. The …

Year: Secondary, Year 7, Year 8 Author: Shaun Tan Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 2000

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The Lizard Gang

Meet Zed, Boo, Eliza and Zoro - a spirited gang of monitor lizards who are constantly trying to …

Year: Foundation, Primary Author: Kirra Somerville Illustrator: Grace Fielding Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2006

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