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2 6 y separately published work icon Sunday Chutney Aaron Blabey , Aaron Blabey (illustrator), Hawthorn : Penguin , 2008 Z1512077 2008 single work picture book children's 'Sunday Chutney is different to other children. She travels the world with her parents. She is always on the move visiting exotic places, fighting for worthy causes, having a home in every port, and making friends wherever she goes, well most of the time. Sunday loves being different or does she?' -- Provided by publisher.
2 12 y separately published work icon Cold Skin Steven Herrick , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2007 Z1423409 2007 single work novel young adult 'Eddie doesn't want to be in school, he wants to work in the mine. But his dad won't go down the coal pits and he won't let his sons go either. Nothing much happens in Burruga, except for fights at the pub. Then one Friday night a girl is found dead by the river, and every man in the town comes under suspicion. Eddie is drawn into secrets and a bitter struggle for revenge.' (Publisher's blurb)
1 6 y separately published work icon Naked Bunyip Dancing Beth Norling (illustrator), Steven Herrick , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2005 Z1206793 2005 single work children's fiction children's humour (taught in 1 units) 'With Carey the Hairy as their teacher, class 6C get into 'co-curricular activities' like poetry and belly dancing, and they put on a concert that is the best night of their lives. Funny, honest and full of likeable characters, this free verse story is perfect for 8-12s.' (Publication summary)
 
1 8 y separately published work icon Dogboy Victor Kelleher , Camberwell : Penguin , 2005 Z1207344 2005 single work novel young adult An abandoned baby boy is found by a female dog. The dog suckles and 'raises' the child, but the growing child is rejected by human society.
2 10 y separately published work icon By the River Steven Herrick , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2004 Z1170535 2004 single work novel young adult (taught in 2 units)

'Harry Hodby lives in a sleepy town on the bend of a sluggish river in Australia. Harry spends most of his time swimming in Pearce Swamp, eating watermelon with his brother and dad, escaping schoolyard bullies, being in love with the secretary, and racing through butterflies in Cowpers Paddock. But life in this small river town isn't always easy. Harry's mother died when he was seven, and his friend Linda was swept away in a flood. Harry yearns to leave town even though he knows that people who get away never come back. His father has told him how to get out of town, but there's a mystery that he needs to solve before he can go...'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Front Street ed.)
7 17 y separately published work icon Josh Ivan Southall , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1971 Z116555 1971 single work novel young adult 'Fourteen year old Josh Plowman goes to country Victoria to visit his father's Aunt Clara, the matriarch of the Plowman family. Aunt Clara lives a life very much suited to the past and Josh regards her house as a museum. Aunt Clara is keen for Josh to make friends with the local children but Josh meets with a hostile reception. There are undercurrents at work which Josh cannot ever understand.' (Publication summary))
19 6 y separately published work icon Ash Road Ivan Southall , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1965 Z116360 1965 single work children's fiction children's (taught in 1 units)

'It's hot, dry and sweaty on Ash Road, where Graham, Harry and Wallace are getting their first taste of independence, camping, just the three of them. When they accidentally light a bushfire no one would have guessed how far it would go. All along Ash Road fathers go off to fight the fires and mothers help in the first aid centres. The children of Prescott are left alone, presumed safe, until it's the fire itself that reaches them. These children are forced to face a major crisis with only each other and the two old men left in their care.

'The best selling Ash Road is an action-packed adventure story, so evocative of rural Australia you can taste the Eucalyptus.' (Publication summary : Text Classics)
3 4 y separately published work icon Starry Nights Judith Clarke , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2001 Z933642 2001 single work novel young adult thriller mystery fantasy Jess was happy when they lived by the bay, but something is wrong with their new house. Since they moved, Vida is wild and furious and believes in all kinds of strange magic. Clem hasn't even unpacked, and their mum is lying sick and silent in the room upstairs. And Jess can feel someone following her, invisible legs quietly keeping step... Starry Nights is a mystery about a family caught in a twilight zone. (Source: Trove)
1 13 y separately published work icon Wolf on the Fold Judith Clarke , Healesville : Silverfish , 2000 Z339346 2000 selected work short story young adult

Wolf on the Fold is a collection of short stories that traces a family's stories and experiences over time, from 1935-2002.
1 y separately published work icon The Comic Book Kid Adam Osterweil , Asheville : Front Street , 2001 Z1150630 2001 single work children's fiction children's humour adventure
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