Menu
Log In Join Us

Theme

hope

Book cover image for The Deep: Here Be Dragons

The Deep: Here Be Dragons

From Tom Taylor (Star Wars: Blood Ties,  2000AD, The Authority) and James Brouwer (Justice League …

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Tom Taylor Illustrator: James Brouwer Publisher: Gestalt Publishing Published year: 2011

Teacher Resource
Book cover image for Don't Call Me Ishmael

Don’t Call Me Ishmael

There's no easy way to put this, so I'll say it straight out. It's time I faced up to the truth. I'm…

Year: Secondary, Year 8 Author: Michael Gerard Bauer Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published year: 2006

Teacher Resource Essay
Book cover image for Mahtab's Story

Mahtab’s Story

The vivid and compelling story of a young girl fleeing Afghanistan with her family and their journey…

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Libby Gleeson Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2008

Teacher Resource Essay
Book cover image for Zac and Mia

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

Teacher Resource Essay
Book cover image for The Red Tree

The Red Tree

A small child awakes to find blackened leaves falling from her bedroom ceiling, threatening to …

Year: Primary, Year 5, Year 6 Author: Shaun Tan Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 2001

Teacher Resource

Here On Earth

"We stand at a crossroads, where comprehension of our place in nature – of our true abilities and …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Tim Flannery Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 2010

Teacher Resource Essay

The Boat

The Boat takes us from a tourist in Tehran to a teenage hit man in Colombia; from an aging New York …

Year: Secondary, Year 10, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Nam Le Publisher: Penguin Australia Published year: 2009

Teacher Resource Essay
Book cover image forThe Narrow Road to the Deep North

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

A novel of the cruelty of war, tenuousness of life and the impossibility of love. August, 1943. …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Richard Flanagan Publisher: Random House Australia Published year: 2014

Teacher Resource Essay
Book cover image for Tell Me I'm Here

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 Australia Published year: 1991

Teacher Resource Essay

How to Heal a Broken Wing

In the busy city, no one sees the bird with a broken wing. No one, except a young boy named Will. …

Year: Primary, Year 2 Author: Bob Graham Publisher: Walker Books Published year: 2008

Teacher Resource