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Be Careful, Xiao Xin!

From best-selling author Alice Pung and renowned illustrator Sher Rill Ng comes an extraordinarily …

Year: Foundation, Primary Author: Alice Pung Illustrator: Sher Rill Ng Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia Published year: 2022

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Little Brother

It's Cambodia. The killing machine that is the Khmer Rouge is in power. Vithy has lost everyone …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: Allan Baillie Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Published year: 1985

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The Little Refugee

Anh Do's inspirational story about his family's incredible escape from war-torn Vietnam and his …

Year: Primary, Year 3 Author: Anh Do Illustrator: Bruce Whatley Publisher: Allen & Unwin Published year: 2011

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The Year the Maps Changed

One extraordinary year will change them all... Sorrento, Victoria, 1999. Fred's family is a mess…

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Danielle Binks Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 2020

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Refugees

Two wild ducks become refugees when their swamp is drained. Their journey in search of a new …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: David Miller Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 2005

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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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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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My Two Blankets

A beautiful tale about friendship and culture, paired with award-winning Freya Blackwood’s …

Year: Primary, Year 2 Author: Irena Kobald Illustrator: Freya Blackwood Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing Published year: 2014

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Room on our Rock

Two seals are perched on a rock. When others need shelter, do they share it? Room on our Rock …

Year: Primary, Year 3 Author: Kate and Jol Temple Illustrator: Terri Rose Baynton Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published year: 2018

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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

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