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relationships

The Man Who Loved Children

The Man Who Loved Children is Christina Stead's masterpiece about family life. Set in Washington …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Christina Stead Publisher: MUP Published year: 1940

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The Patchwork Bike

What's the best fun in the whole village? Riding the patchwork bike we made! A joyous picture book …

Year: Primary, Year 1 Author: Maxine Beneba Clarke Illustrator: Van T. Rudd Publisher: Hachette Australia Published year: 2016

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The Simple Gift

When the paths of a runaway teenage boy, an old hobo and a rich girl intersect in an abandoned …

Year: Secondary, Year 10, Year 11 Author: Steven Herrick Publisher: UQP Published year: 2000

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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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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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The Truck Cat

The Truck Cat is a story about cats and humans, immigration and identity, and homes lost and found. …

Year: Foundation, Primary, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6 Author: Deborah Frenkel Illustrator: Danny Snell Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing Published year: 2024

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Tirra Lirra by the River

Liza used to say that she saw her past life as a string of roughly-graded balls, and so did Hilda …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Jessica Anderson Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Published year: 1978

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Ubby’s Underdogs: Heroes Beginnings (Book 2)

It's the late 1940s and Broome, a small pearling town in the heart of an ancient land, is still …

Year: Secondary, Year 7 Author: Brenton E. McKenna Publisher: Magabala Books Published year: 2013

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Vertigo

Luke and Anna, thirty-something and restless, decide on a sea change. Worn down by city life and …

Year: Secondary, Year 12 Author: Amanda Lohrey Publisher: Black Inc. Published year: 2009

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William Bligh: A Stormy Story of Tempestuous Times

William Bligh: a stormy story of tempestuous times peels back the layers of some of the most …

Year: Primary, Year 6 Author: Michael Sedunary Illustrator: Bern Emmerichs Publisher: Berbay Publishing Published year: 2016

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