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y separately published work icon The Bugalugs Bum Thief Tim Winton , Ringwood : Puffin , 1991 Z803724 1991 single work children's fiction children's humour (taught in 1 units)

'Skeeta Anderson woke up one morning to find that his bum was gone. And not only his bum, but the bum of every single person in the town of Bugalugs.

'It's up to Skeeta to catch the thief ...'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Aussie Bites ed.)

The Double Maria Takolander , 2013 single work short story (taught in 1 units)
— Appears in: Review of Australian Fiction , vol. 6 no. 2 2013;
y separately published work icon A Wrong Turn at the Office of Unmade Lists Jane Rawson , Melbourne : Transit Lounge , 2013 6105987 2013 single work novel fantasy (taught in 1 units)

'It is 1997 in San Francisco and Simon and Sarah have been sent on a quest to see America: they must stand at least once in every 25-foot square of the country. Decades later, in an Australian city that has fallen on hard times, Caddy is camped by the Maribyrnong River, living on small change from odd jobs, ersatz vodka and memories. She's sick of being hot, dirty, broke and alone. Caddy's future changes shape when her friend, Ray, stumbles across some well-worn maps, including one of San Francisco, and their lives connect with those of teenagers Simon and Sarah in ways that are unexpected and profound. A meditation on happiness – where and in what place and with who we can find our centre, a perceptive vision of where our world is headed, and a testament to the power of memory and imagination, this is the best of novels: both highly original and eminently readable.' (Publisher's blurb)

Snookle Paul Jennings , 1986 single work children's fiction children's (taught in 1 units)
— Appears in: Unbelievable! : More Surprising Stories 1986; (p. 98-104)

— Appears in: Paul Jennings' Weirdest Stories 2006; (p. 104-110)

'A boy finds a milk bottle with a pair of eyes inside. The trapped creature (who the boy calls snookle) is freed by the boy and becomes his servant - however, the boy soon discovers that his new servant helps him far too much, before giving the creature to an old woman who needs a lot of help.' ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbelievable_(short_story_collection))

Today on Dr Phil Tom Cho , 2006 single work short story (taught in 1 units)
— Appears in: The Best Australian Stories 2006 2006; (p. 232-235) Heat , no. 11 (New Series) 2006; (p. 11-14) The Age , 5 January 2007; (p. 4-5) Polare , July no. 72 2007; Look Who's Morphing 2009; (p. 59-64) The Best Australian Stories : A Ten Year Collection 2011; (p. 199-202)

— Appears in: Australien berättar : drömtidens framtid : nitton noveller 2009; (p. 151-156)
The Chance Peter Carey , 1979 single work short story science fiction (taught in 1 units)
— Appears in: War Crimes : Short Stories 1979; (p. 73-121) The Fat Man in History 1980; Billy Blue , July 1980; (p. 2-3, 5-6, 9, 11-12, 15-16, 19-20, 22, 24) Bedside Blue : The Best of Billy Blue Magazine 1989; (p. 19-50) The Fat Man in History 1990; (p. 55-90) Collected Stories 1994; (p. 261-294)
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