Sesam Sesam i(A56999 works by) (Organisation) assertion
Born: Established: Copenhagen,
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Denmark,
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Scandinavia, Western Europe, Europe, ;
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7 22 y separately published work icon Ten Things I Hate about Me Randa Abdel-Fattah , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2006 Z1311393 2006 single work novel young adult (taught in 5 units) There are a lot of things Jamie hates about her life: her dark hair, her dad's Stone Age Charter of Curfew Rights, her real name - Jamilah Towfeek. For the past three years Jamie has hidden her Lebanese background from everyone at school. It's only with her email friend John that she can really be herself. But now things are getting complicated: the most popular boy in school is interested in her, but there's no way he would be if he knew the truth. Then there's Timothy, the school loner, who for some reason Jamie just can't stop thinking about. As for John, he seems to have a pretty big secret of his own. (Source: Trove)
36 72 y separately published work icon The Book Thief Markus Zusak , Sydney : Picador , 2005 Z1214315 2005 single work novel historical fiction (taught in 8 units)

'It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger and her younger brother are being taken by their mother to live with a foster family outside Munich. Liesel's father was taken away on the breath of a single, unfamiliar word - Kommunist - and Liesel sees the fear of a similar fate in her mother's eyes. On the journey, Death visits the young boy, and notices Liesel. It will be the first of many near encounters. By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, left there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordion-playing foster father, learns to read. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever there are books to be found. But these are dangerous times. When Liesel's foster family hides a Jewish fist-fighter in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up, and closed down.'

[Source: Libraries Australia. Sighted 30/10/08]
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.
8 13 y separately published work icon Let's Get a Pup Bob Graham , Bob Graham (illustrator), Sydney : Walker Books Australia , 2001 Z925189 2001 single work picture book children's

"When Kate and her parents visit the animal shelter, an adorable puppy charms them, but it is very hard to leave an older dog behind." (Source: Trove)
8 14 y separately published work icon The Waterhole Graeme Base , Graeme Base (illustrator), New York (City) : Harry N. Abrams , 2001 Z919758 2001 single work picture book children's As ever growing numbers of animals visit a watering hole, introducing the numbers from one to ten, the water dwindles...
8 4 y separately published work icon Who is the World For? Tom Pow , Robert Ingpen (illustrator), London Sydney : Walker Books [London] , 2000 Z796855 2000 single work picture book children's When asked by their young, various animal parents describe the world from their own perspective - as does a father to his young son. Some Australian animals are included.
8 8 y separately published work icon Max Bob Graham , Bob Graham (illustrator), London : Walker Books [London] , 2000 Z669052 2000 single work picture book children's Max, the young son of superheroes, is a late bloomer when it comes to flying, until he is inspired by the plight of a falling baby bird. (Libraries Australia)
4 8 y separately published work icon The Worst Band in the Universe The Worst Band in the Universe : A Totally Cosmic Adventure Graeme Base , Graeme Base (illustrator), Melbourne : Viking , 1999 Z793323 1999 single work picture book children's science fiction
— Appears in: Graeme Base Collection: Volume 2 2024;

'On the planet Blipp, beyond the stars, beyond the sun and moon, The world is ruled by music - but tradition called the tune. So begins the cosmic musical tale of Sprocc, a young Splingtwanger-player who leaves his home planet, Blipp, in search of musical freedom. Lured by the promise of fame and fortune, Sprocc enters the annual Worst Band in the Universe Competition and is launched skywards on an adventure of truly intergalactic proportions.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
2 y separately published work icon Tom's Rabbit : A True Story From Scott's Last Voyage Meredith Hooper , Bert Kitchen (illustrator), Toronto : Stoddart Kids , 1998 Z1000772 1998 single work prose children's In 1910 on a voyage to Antarctica aboard the ship Terra Nova, Tom searches for a warm place for his rabbit and returns after Christmas dinner to find a surprise. Based on the diary of Tom Crean.
6 6 y separately published work icon The Sign of the Seahorse : A Tale of Greed and High Adventure in Two Acts Graeme Base , Graeme Base (illustrator), Victoria : Viking , 1992 Z849288 1992 single work picture book children's
— Appears in: Graeme Base Collection: Volume 2 2024; A rhyming tale of fishy underwater gang warfare, pollution from toxic waste, and true love.
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