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37 20 y separately published work icon The Light between Oceans M. L. Stedman , North Sydney : Vintage Australia , 2012 Z1851119 2012 single work novel historical fiction

'This is a story of right and wrong, and how sometimes they look the same ...

'1926. Tom Sherbourne is a young lighthouse keeper on a remote island off Western Australia. The only inhabitants of Janus Rock, he and his wife Isabel live a quiet life, cocooned from the rest of the world.

'One April morning a boat washes ashore carrying a dead man and a crying infant - and the path of the couple's lives hits an unthinkable crossroads.

'Only years later do they discover the devastating consequences of the decision they made that day - as the baby's real story unfolds...' (From the publisher's website.)
12 31 y separately published work icon Does My Head Look Big in This? Randa Abdel-Fattah , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2005 Z1208243 2005 single work novel young adult (taught in 4 units)

'Welcome to my world. I'm Amal Abdel-Hakim, a seventeen-year-old Australian-Palestinian-Muslim still trying to come to grips with my various identity hyphens.

'It's hard enough being cool as a teenager when being one issue behind in the latest Cosmo is enough to disqualify you from the in-group. Try wearing a veil on your head and practising the bum's up position at lunchtime and you know you're in for a tough time at school.

Luckily my friends support me, although they've got a few troubles of their own. Simone, blonde, gorgeous and overweight – she's got serious image issues, and Leila's really intelligent but her parents are more interested in her getting a marriage certificate than her high school certificate!

'And I thought I had problems...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
7 9 y separately published work icon Amy and Louis Libby Gleeson , Freya Blackwood (illustrator), Lindfield : Scholastic Press Scholastic Press , 2006 Z1317098 2006 single work picture book children's

"Amy and Louis live next door to each other, and their lives are closely intertwined. Theirs is a life rich in imagination. But when Amy's family move to another country, the children are separated, and the colour drains out of their lives... that is until Louis discovers how to rebuild their special bond." (Source: Trove)
3 1 y separately published work icon Gold : A Treasure Hunt Through Time Meredith Hooper , London : Hodder Children's Books , 2002 Z1000645 2002 single work picture book children's
4 12 y separately published work icon The Makeover Murders Jennifer Rowe , North Sydney : Allen and Unwin , 1992 Z461645 1992 single work novel crime mystery 'At discreet Deepdene, the guests are ready to test for themselves the makeover mansion's claim that every woman can - with expensive encouragement - realise her full beauty. Among those guests is Verity Birdwood who, like her surroundings, is not all that she seems. But even sharp, resourceful Birdie does not suspect that within Deepdene's silk-lined walls is an enemy with murder in mind.' (Source: back cover, 1992 paperback edition)
2 1 y separately published work icon Shadow Summer Anne Farrell , Sydney : Hodder and Stoughton , 1978 Z39957 1978 single work children's fiction children's Lesley Mitchell is a Tasmanian dairy farmer's daughter who suffers concussion after falling from her horse when it charges an electric fence. The repercussions from this accident are as unexpected as they are far reaching
2 1 y separately published work icon Eight Days at Guara Anne Farrell , Sydney : Hodder and Stoughton , 1976 Z40278 1976 single work children's fiction children's
2 1 y separately published work icon General Store Hazel Edwards , New South Wales : Hodder and Stoughton , 1977 Z848556 1977 single work novel young adult Josie finds that living in a small Australian country town and helping her parents run the general store is very different from living in Melbourne.
2 1 y separately published work icon Chain of Darkness Kenneth Cook , London : Michael Joseph , 1962 Z810077 1962 single work novel
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