Saving Francesca
Camberwell
:
Viking
,
2003
Z1019212
2003
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 6 units)
'Sixteen-year-old Francesca could use her outspoken mother's help with the problems of being one of a handful of girls at a parochial school that has just turned co-ed, but her mother has suddenly become severely depressed' (Source: NLA).
Poems by Young Australians : Vol 3 : The Best Entries from the 2005 Taronga Foundation Poetry Prize
Milsons Point
:
Random House Australia
,
2005
Z1224070
2005
anthology
poetry
(taught in 3 units)
The winning and commended poets from the 2005 Taronga Foundation Poetry Prize (TFPP) showcase their amazing talents in this third volume of Poems by Young Australians. The TFPP seeks to inspire a love of nature and poetry. When the two come together the results are spectacular, as this volume clearly demonstrates. (Back cover)
Hating Alison Ashley
Ringwood
:
Puffin
,
1984
Z262253
1984
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 3 units)
Classmates Erica Yurgen and Alison Ashley vie with each other to become the undisputed star of their class.
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
1996
Z126936
1996
single work
biography
(taught in 26 units)
'The film Rabbit-Proof Fence is based on this true account of Doris Nugi Garimara Pilkington's mother Molly, who as a young girl led her two sisters on an extraordinary 1,600 kilometre walk home. Under Western Australia's invidious removal policy of the 1930s, the girls were taken from their Aboriginal family at Jigalong on the edge of the Little Sandy Desert, and transported halfway across the state to the Native Settlement at Moore River, north of Perth...
The three girls - aged 8, 11 and 14 - managed to escape from the settlement's repressive conditions and brutal treatment. Barefoot without provisions or maps, they set out to find the rabbit-proof fence, knowing it passed near their home in the north. Tracked by native police and search planes, they hid in terror, surviving on bush tucker, desperate to return to the world they knew.
The journey to freedom - longer than many of the legendary walks of [the Australian nation's] explorer heroes... told from family recollections, letters between the authorities and the Aboriginal Protector, and ... newspaper reports of the runaway children.' Source: Publisher's blurb
Deadly, Unna?
Ringwood
:
Penguin
,
1998
Z517608
1998
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 20 units)
'"Deadly, unna?" He was always saying that. All the Nungas did, but Dumby more than any of them. Dumby Red and Blacky don't have a lot in common. Dumby's the star of the footy team, he's got a killer smile and the knack with girls, and he's a Nunga. Blacky's a gutless wonder, needs braces, never knows what to say, and he's white. But they're friends... and it could be deadly, unna? This gutsy novel, set in a small coastal town in South Australia is a rites-of-passage story about two boys confronting the depth of racism that exists all around them.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
4F for Freaks
Four F for Freaks
Crows Nest
:
Allen and Unwin
,
2006
Z1230016
2006
single work
children's fiction
children's
(taught in 3 units)
'It's Miss Corker's first day at her new school (in fact, it's her first day at anyschool) and she is looking forward to meeting her class. Leigh Hobbs turns his sharply observant eyes to the oddballs and misfits in Grade 4 in this absolutely hilarious illustrated story for 7-11 year olds.' (Publication summary)
