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multiculturalism

The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling

This compelling young adult novel about growing up in a migrant Asian family with a mother who is …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Wai Chim Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2019

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Fang Fang was born in China, but she and her parents came to live in Australia when she was very …

Year: Foundation, Primary Author: Sally Rippin Publisher: Omnibus Books, Scholastic Australia Published year: 2006

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Friendship is a slippery notion. We lose friends as we change and our friends don't, or as we form …

Year: Secondary, Year 9 Author: Garry Disher Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 1999

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At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. This event has a shocking …

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

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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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Set on Groote Eylandt, this beautiful book invites children to look for animals in different …

Year: Primary, Year 1 Author: Rhoda Dugururru Lalara Illustrator: Alfred Lalara Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2014

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My Place, the classic Australian picture book, is a 'time machine' which takes the reader back into …

Year: Primary, Year 3, Year 4 Author: Nadia Wheatley Illustrator: Donna Rawlins Publisher: Walker Books Published year: 1988

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Together Five Times Dizzy and Dancing in the Anzac Deli tell the tale of Mareka and the Wilson kids…

Year: Primary, Year 3, Year 4 Author: Nadia Wheatley Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 1982

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Melina Marchetta's stunning debut novel Looking for Alibrandi is one girl's story of her final year …

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

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