The Terrible Plop
Andrew Joyner
(illustrator),
Melbourne
:
Penguin
,
2009
Z1563323
2009
single work
picture book
children's
(taught in 1 units)
'A picture book about a little rabbit who learns that some things in life aren't as scary as they seem. Based on a Tibetan myth, a sound in the forest sets all the animals running for their lives from the Terrible Plop.'
(Source: Publisher's website)
Cruisin'
North Sydney
:
Woolshed Press
,
2008
Z1527974
2008
single work
children's fiction
children's
(taught in 1 units)
'Told as a dual narrative, a writing style Caswell has made his own, between thirteen-and-a-half-year-old Jules Macaffrey and Suzi Q. After Jules' mother wins a cruise for four on the POLYNESIAN QUEEN, he discovers it's really a floating "geriatric ward" with very little choice of companionship other than his sixteen-year-old, dancing-obsessed cousin Adrian, the very beautiful Jenna (also sixteen), wheelchair-bound Suzi Q and bully Barry Barnes.
'Falling madly in love with the unobtainable Jenna, Jules develops a strong friendship with Suzi as she steers Jules through his unrequited love - with unexpected results.' (From the publisher's website.)
Double Exposure
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
2005
Z1210058
2005
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 1 units)
The Cave
Pymble
:
Angus and Robertson
,
2002
Z980547
2002
single work
novel
young adult
adventure
(taught in 1 units)
A compelling and confronting book that looks at what it means to be young and male in the 21st century. For Sam and his school friends the compulsory school camp is a time of great testing and endurance - especially the descent into the cave.
The Red Shoe
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2006
Z1253742
2006
single work
novel
young adult
historical fiction
(taught in 5 units)
'This is the story of Matilda and her two sisters growing up in Sydney in the 1950s at the time of the Petrov Affair. Punctuated by the headlines of the time it shows with unsettling clarity how the large events of the world can impinge on ordinary lives.' (Libraries Australia)
Only the Heart
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
1997
Z243861
1997
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 6 units)
From the chaos and fear of post-war Saigon, and the terror of pirates on the open ocean, to the triumph and tragedy of a new life, Only the Heart is the story of Toan and Linh, and a family that endures the nightmare, in search of the dream. When logic says the dream is beyond your reach, only the heart knows the truth.
