Jarvis 24
Hawthorn
:
Penguin
,
2009
Z1578237
2009
single work
novel
young adult
(taught in 1 units)
'So far, Marc E. Jarvis has lost a white football boot, a school tie and a best friend.
'But there's more in store for him when he completes Work Experience at a local car yard - where his world is truly rocked, shocked and shaken.
'Then Marc meets Electra. And nothing will ever be the same again...
'A story of true friends, crazed coaches, shooting stars, and loves lost and found.' (Publisher's blurb)
Someone Like Me
Victoria
:
Puffin
,
1996
Z833944
1996
single work
children's fiction
children's
adventure
(taught in 1 units)
It's just another year of getting into strife at school and mucking around with his dog at home for Tas - until he meets Enya the new girl at his school. She is different from the others - cool and calm. She becomes a special friend to Tas. But the violence that Enya thought she had left behind in Northern Ireland catches up with her, and this in turn has a devastating effect on Tas. His life will never be the same again.
(Source: Trove)
Grace
Camberwell
:
Viking
,
2009
Z1614855
2009
single work
children's fiction
children's
(taught in 1 units)
'In the beginning there was me and Mum and Dad and the twins.
And talk about happy families, we were bountiful.
But it came to pass that I started doing sins.
And lo, that's when all our problems began.' (From the publisher's website.)
The Day My Bum Went Psycho
Sydney
:
Pan Macmillan Australia
,
2001
Z893871
2001
single work
children's fiction
children's
humour
(taught in 1 units)
Zack Freeman is ready to tell his story, the story of a boy and his crazy runaway bum; the story of a crack bum-fighting unit called the B-team, a legendary Bum Hunter and his formidable daughter, and some of the biggest, ugliest and meanest bums ever to roam the face of the Earth. This is a story of courage and endurance that takes Zack on a journey across the Great Windy Desert, through the Brown Forest and over the Sea of Bums before descending into the heart of an explosive bumcano to confront the biggest, ugliest and meanest bum of them all.
Truckers - Pratchett
Bridge to Terabithia - Paterson
After the First Death - Cormier
Hatchet - Paulsen
Salt - Gee
The Recruit - Muchamore
The Sheep-pig - King-Smith
Bad Beginning - Snicket
Holes - Sachar
Matilda - Dahl
Code Name Verity - Wein
Twilight - Meyer
The Graveyard Book - Gaiman
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian - Alexie
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