Theme

multiculturalism

The Slap

To smack or not to smack is the question that reverberates through the interconnected lives …

Year: Secondary, Year 11, Year 12 Author: Christos Tsiolkas Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2008

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Waves

Waves is a narrative nonfiction book about the waves of migration to the shores of Australia…

Year: Primary, Year 4 Author: Donna Rawlins Illustrator: Mark Jackson, Heather Potter Publisher: Walker Books Australia Published year: 2018

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The Divine Wind

Set against the backdrop of World War II, four teens growing up in the pearling town of Broome …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Garry Disher Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 1998

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Songbird

Jamila has left her friends, her school and her home in Iraq, and now she has a new home. It’s …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: Ingrid Laguna Publisher: Text Publishing Published year: 2019

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White Sunday

White Sunday is a charming own-voices story that welcomes us into the home of a Samoan family, …

Year: Primary, Year 1 Author: Litea Fuata Illustrator: Myo Yim Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing Published year: 2022

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Looking for Alibrandi

Multi-award-winning, a bestseller and made into an award-winning feature film, Looking for Alibrandi…

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Melina Marchetta Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1992

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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 Author: Nadia Wheatley Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 1982

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My Place (Nadia Wheatley)

Everyone is part of History, and every place has a story as old as the earth. My Place depicts …

Year: Primary, Year 3 Author: Nadia Wheatley Illustrator: Donna Rawlins Publisher: Walker Books Australia Published year: 1987

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Blackrock

It’s Toby Ackland’s birthday party down near the surf club – and that should mean heaps of …

Year: Secondary, Year 11 Author: Nick Enright Publisher: Currency Press Published year: 1996

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The F Team

Meet Tariq Nader, leader of ‘The Wolf Pack’ at Punchbowl High, who has been commanded by the new…

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Rawah Arja Publisher: Giramondo Publishing Published year: 2020

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