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“fran dobbie”

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  • Whisper

    by Fran Dobbie ...
    WHISPER is a collection of stories about a very special friendship: between an Aboriginal girl called Edie, and a non-Aboriginal girl, Maggie.Edie lives with her grandmother, though she has been taught to call her 'Aunty Gwen'. There is no bitterness in Edie when she talks about her mother having left her: just a matter-of-fact 'Mum couldn’t cope'. While world of the stolen generation and adults ... Read more

    Was $10.99 USD Now $6.99 USD

  • Paper Bags and Dreams

    by Fran Dobbie ...
    Edie and Maggie live in a small country town and are best friends - but very different. Edie is Aboriginal and Maggie Anglo-Australian; Maggie is good at school, Edie always struggles. No matter how hard she studies, Edie can only scrape a pass and although they promised each other that together they would change the world, when Maggie suddenly gets the chance to leave school and earn money, it's ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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    by Demet Divaroren ...
    WINNER: 2018 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, Young AdultSHORT-LISTED: 2018 Prime Minister's Literary Award, Young Adult Fiction'Living on Hope Street is a big-hearted, compassionate work. Divaroren is a ferociously good storyteller and every character breathes life, every character convinces. This book is an absolute joy to read.' CHRISTOS TSIOLKAS"We all love someone. We all fear something. ... Read more

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  • Five Steps to Happy

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    by Ella Dove ...
    AS SEEN ON ITV'S LORRAINE'An up-lit treasure' Red magazineWhen struggling actress Heidi has a life-changing accident aged 32, her world falls apart. Stuck in hospital and unable to walk, her only companion is Maud, the elderly lady in the bed next to hers. Heidi misses her flatmate, her life, her freedom - surely 32 is too young to be an amputee?But when Maud's aloof but attractive grandson Jack ... Read more

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  • Bad Girl

    by Margaret Clark ...
    Ruth feels that she can never be good enough for her religious family with high expectations. However, life has a way of providing the unexpected and suddenly, in a eureka moment, Ruth has the opportunity to assume a new identity. She becomes Sinamon and learns to experience life without feeling personal guilt. But meeting special people who hold very different values to her own means that she has ... Read more

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  • Invisible Vinnie

    by Jenny Millward ...
    'Zack's not scared of anything. But everyone's scared of him.'Rose wishes Zack wasn't such a big bully. He's always teasing her at school. Luckily for Rose, her Uncle Vinnie has a wizard trick or two up his sleeve - maybe he can conjure up a magic solution to her problem?Soon, with a little help from Uncle Vinnie and the classroom pet rat, Rose is ready to teach Zack a lesson he'll never forget . ... Read more

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  • Maggot Moon

    by Sally Gardner ...
    Illustrated by Julian Crouch ...
    **A 2014 Michael L. Printz Honor BookIn Sally Gardner’s stunning novel, set in a ruthless regime, an unlikely teenager risks all to expose the truth about a heralded moon landing.**What if the football hadn’t gone over the wall. On the other side of the wall there is a dark secret. And the devil. And the Moon Man. And the Motherland doesn’t want anyone to know. But Standish Treadwell — who has ... Read more

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  • Maintain the Mischief (The Selwood Boys, #4)

    by Tony Wilson, Adam Selwood, Joel Selwood, Scott Selwood, Troy Selwood ...
    Series Book 4 - The Selwood Boys
    Four future AFL stars under one roof!?Go back to where it all began with The Selwood Boys ...In the Selwood house, someone's always up to no good!One minute it's the twins, Troy and Adam, pulling pranks and making mischief ...Next second it's Joel and his sneaky, cheeky antics.And little Scott just does his best (or make that his worst!) to keep up with the others.With four boys under one roof, ... Read more

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  • Trust Me Too

    by ed. Paul Collins, Isobelle Carmody ...
    Trust Me Too comprises work from over 50 of Australias leading childrens authors and illustrators. Separated into genres such as crime, adventure, romance, science fiction and fantasy, it truly covers all aspects of the classical anthology. It contains fiction, illustrations, poetry and graphics. Contributors include a prequel to Obernewtyn by Isobelle Carmody, stories from many other writers ... Read more

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  • My Brother's Ghost

    by Allan Ahlberg ...
    Frances Foggarty, now in her fifties, remembers her childhood.. When she was nine her ten-year-old brother, Tom, was hit by a milk-float and killed. He returns after the funeral and Frances's story is of her new relationship with Tom, the ghost and 'guardian angel'. Frances wears a caliper as a result of polio and she and her young brother live with a rather tyrannical aunt. In this touching tale ... Read more

    $6.19 USD

  • Tales from Stocksbridge

    by Stocksbridge High School ...
    Believe...Achieve...Succeed!Tales from Stocksbridge is a collection of short stories written by the students, parents and staff at Stocksbridge High School. Prepare to be amused, delighted, moved and horrified as you read fifty-seven unique stories. ... Read more

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  • Castaway

    A Brumby Plains Adventure

    by Joanne Van Os ...
    Brumby Plains is an isolated place, and the outside world doesn't intrude much here. But when Sam and George discover a refugee child washed up on the shores of their buffalo station, the rest of the world is brought a lot closer. An accident has taken Mac and Sarah far away, and Uncle Mungo has strong views about refugees, so the two brothers hide the child while they work out what to do. Sam ... Read more

    $12.79 USD