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hope

Suri’s Wall

A moving tale of the power of the human spirit brought alive by Lucy Estela and award-winning …

Year: Primary, Year 3 Author: Lucy Estela Illustrator: Matt Ottley Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2018

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The Feather

This is a story about hope, kindness and redemption set in a grey dystopian world. When a …

Year: Primary, Year 4 Author: Margaret Wild Illustrator: Freya Blackwood Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing Published year: 2018

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Just One Bee

This is a story of hope, determination and never giving up: the story of One-bee and her dream to …

Year: Primary, Year 1 Author: Margrete Lamond, Anthony Bertini Illustrator: Christopher Nielsen Publisher: Dirt Lane Press Published year: 2021

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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 Australia Published year: 2018

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Don’t Call Me Ishmael!

But that won't stop Ishmael and his intrepid band of misfits from taking on bullies, bugs, babes…

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

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The Boat

Brilliant, daring, and demonstrating a jaw-dropping versatility of voice and point of view, The …

Year: Secondary, Year 10 Author: Nam Le Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 2009

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Teacup

A stunning picture book that addresses life's big journeys with hope, beauty, and reassurance. A …

Year: Primary, Year 4 Author: Rebecca Young Illustrator: Matt Ottley Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published year: 2015

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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

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The Dead I Know

Aaron Rowe has dreams he can't explain, and memories he can't recover. But if he doesn't discover …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Scot Gardner Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2011

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The Red Tree

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

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

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