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6 6 y separately published work icon Antonio S. and the Mystery of Theodore Guzman Odo Hirsch , Carlton North : Allen and Unwin , 1997 Z833914 1997 single work children's fiction children's mystery Antonio S. is a boy who knows all sorts of things. He lives at the top of a grand old house with his magician father and doctor mother. But who is Theodore Guzman, the secretive old man who lives downstairs? Antonio explores a secret passage that leads to the very heart of the house where the magical world of Theodore Guzman comes to life.
2 5 y separately published work icon The Climb Libby Hathorn , Ringwood : Viking , 1996 Z447743 1996 single work novel young adult adventure Seventeen-year-old Peter needs great courage to pursue his interest in climbing, but he needs even greater courage to stand up to the madness which is engulfing his society.
2 8 y separately published work icon Feral Kid Libby Hathorn , Rydalmere : Hodder and Stoughton , 1994 Z184606 1994 single work novel young adult Robbie flees a difficult family life to find that living as a homeless kid on the streets of Sydney isn't full of the excitement and freedom he had hoped for. When he meets Iris, an older woman who is also being forced to review her life, he begins to see a glimmer of hope.
3 4 y separately published work icon Timmy Colin Thiele , Montville : Walter McVitty Books , 1993 Z229926 1993 single work children's fiction children's "Denny has recently lost his parents and finds the world a harsh and changeable place. He finds a baby hare which he calls Timmy and together they grow towards maturity" (Source: Google Books)
2 3 y separately published work icon Aftershock Colin Thiele , Montville : Walter McVitty Books , 1992 Z488922 1992 single work children's fiction children's
2 4 y separately published work icon Emma Keppler : Two Months in Her Life Colin Thiele , Glebe : Walter McVitty Books , 1991 Z546235 1991 single work children's fiction children's Two months in the life of a young girl in a German farming community in South Australia, during the Great Depression.
4 11 y separately published work icon Thunderwith Libby Hathorn , Port Melbourne : Heinemann Australia , 1989 Z459707 1989 single work novel young adult After she moves to the Australian outback following her mother's death, fifteen-year-old Laura's friendship with a strange and beautiful dog helps her adjust to a new life with an unfamiliar father and unfriendly stepfamily.
5 1 y separately published work icon Danny's Egg Colin Thiele , North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1989 Z913593 1989 single work children's fiction children's

'When Danny finds an emu egg in the bush outside town and is determined to hatch it, his problems begin. It seems that Hacker, the school bully, has other ideas, and when he releases a hungry goanna and steals the egg at the school pet show, Danny has to move fast!'

Source: Publisher's blurb (2013 ed.).
4 y separately published work icon Visiting the New Baby Bob Graham , Bob Graham (illustrator), London : Walker Books [London] , 1989 Z830093 1989 single work picture book children's
2 3 y separately published work icon Shatterbelt Colin Thiele , Glebe : Walter McVitty Books , 1987 Z396910 1987 single work children's fiction children's Troubled by increasingly frequent but puzzling mind pictures, thirteen-year-old Tracy becomes convinced that they are warning her of impending disaster. But what kind ... and when?
7 5 y separately published work icon Seashores and Shadows Colin Thiele , Glebe : Walter McVitty Books , 1985 Z288100 1985 single work novel young adult adventure

'Fourteen-year-old Joe had never heard of Wayward Island before he came to live with his cousin, Meg, and her family at Cockle Bay. Nor had he ever heard of Scarface! Wayward Island, out to sea, is a spellbinding place of windswept hills and beckoning seashores. Scarface is a huge, white pointer shark, a fearless killer, an ever-present yet elusive shadow. Terrible events carve the names of both Wayward Island and Scarface into the memories of Joe and Meg of seashores and shadows they will never forget.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
5 13 y separately published work icon Little Brother Allan Baillie , Melbourne : Nelson , 1985 Z846039 1985 single work children's fiction children's 'The shots were so close they seemed to explode inside Vithy's head. He threw himself to the ground and clapped his hands over his ears . . . It's Cambodia. The killing machine that is the Khmer Rouge is in power. Vithy has lost everyone and everything he loved - except his older brother, Mang. They've escaped from almost certain execution, but the brothers become separated and Vithy is left alone to 'follow the lines . . . to the border' - his brother's last instructions. But which lines? Which border? A tale of the journey of a boy alone and in danger as he tries to find his brother and escape to freedom.' (Source: Google Books)
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