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Source: Magabala Books
y separately published work icon Songs that Sound like Blood single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 Songs that Sound like Blood
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'Roxy May Redding’s got music in her soul and songs in her blood. She lives in a hot dusty town and is dreaming big. She survives run-ins with the mean girls at high school, sings in her dad’s band and babysits for her wayward aunt. But Roxy wants a new start. When she gets the chance to study music in the big city, she takes it. Roxy’s new life, her new friends and her music collide in a way she could never have imagined. Being a poor student sucks... navigating her way through the pressure of a national music competition has knobs on it... singing for her dinner is soul destroying... but nothing prepares Roxy for her biggest challenge. Her crush on Ana, the local music journo, forces her to steer her way through a complex maze of emotions alien to this small town girl. Family and friends watch closely as Roxy takes a confronting journey to find out who the hell she is.' (Publication summary)

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Unit Suitable ForAC: Senior Secondary Essential English (Unit 3)

DurationThree to four weeks

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Themes

aspirations, Books by Indigenous creators, coming of age, Day of the Girl, family, friendship, independence, Indigenous, Indigenous identity, Indigenous rights, LGBTI issues and rights, music

General Capabilities

Critical and creative thinking, Ethical understanding, Intercultural understanding, Literacy

Cross-curriculum Priorities

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures

Notes

  • For ages 12 to 17.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Other Formats

  • Also dyslexic edition

Works about this Work

Review : Songs That Sound Like Blood Jane O'connell , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time , November 2016;

— Review of Songs that Sound like Blood Jared Thomas , 2016 single work novel
Review : Songs That Sound Like Blood Jane O'connell , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time , November 2016;

— Review of Songs that Sound like Blood Jared Thomas , 2016 single work novel
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