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1 3 y separately published work icon The Tower to the Sun Colin Thompson , Colin Thompson (illustrator), London : Julia MacRae Books , 1996 Z848161 1996 single work picture book children's Despairing because the air has become so filthy that it blocks the sun's rays, the richest man in the world decides to use his money to build a tower so that his grandson can experience the sun as it once was.
4 y separately published work icon Ruby Colin Thompson , Colin Thompson (illustrator), London : Julia MacRae Books , 1994 10280149 1994 single work picture book children's

'Ruby was made in 1934 by Austin Motor Company in Longbridge, England. She’s shiny, she’s beautiful and this is her story.' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon Looking For Atlantis Colin Thompson , Colin Thompson (illustrator), London : Julia MacRae Books , 1993 Z1289554 1993 single work picture book children's An old man encourages his grandson to look at things with imagination.
1 13 y separately published work icon To the Dark Tower Victor Kelleher , Milsons Point : Random House , 1992 Z87621 1992 single work novel young adult fantasy
1 32 y separately published work icon Window Jeannie Baker , Jeannie Baker (illustrator), London : Julia MacRae Books , 1991 Z834244 1991 single work picture book children's (taught in 5 units) Through a house window the view gradually changes over the passage of time to show how the environment changes, not necessarily for the better.
2 24 y separately published work icon Del-Del Victor Kelleher , Milsons Point : Random House , 1991 Z256404 1991 single work novel young adult

'Beth, 18, looks back on the events of the past four years, beginning with the anniversary of her sister's death from leukemia. Sam, a stoic seven-year-old genius, suddenly changes from a docile brother to an uncontrollable child he calls Del-Del (from the constellation Delphinus). Convinced that the boy is possessed by the devil, his distraught family consults an exorcist, whose work temporarily mitigates the ravings. But it is Beth who ultimately risks her life to uncover the psychological foundation of Del-Del's genesis.'

Source: Publishers Weekly.
3 15 y separately published work icon Brother Night Victor Kelleher , London : Julia MacRae Books , 1990 Z232958 1990 single work novel fantasy young adult

'Ramon learns that he is the son of the Moon Witch and the Sun Lord, after which his quest for the truth leads him along a perilous and challenging path.'

Source: Google Books.
13 35 y separately published work icon So Much to Tell You John Marsden , Glebe : Walter McVitty Books , 1987 Z386831 1987 single work novel young adult 'Fourteen year old Marina does not speak, and has not done so for some time. As the story starts, we do not know the reasons why, or for how long. Only that on her release from hospital she was sent to Warrington Boarding School. Soon after term begins, her English teacher gives her class the task of keeping a journal. It is through Marina's entries in this journal, that we learn some of her history. During a fight between her parents, she was accidentally scarred by some acid thrown by her father but intended for her mother. It was this event that brought on her mutism and withdrawal into herself. Gradually, Marina starts to open up, both in her journal entries and in her interactions with others, slowly, slowly, slowly recovering from her traumas, and cultivating the beginnings of new friendships.' (Source: Bookshelf)
4 19 y separately published work icon Where the Forest Meets the Sea Jeannie Baker , Jeannie Baker (illustrator), New York (City) : Greenwillow Books , 1987 Z823665 1987 single work picture book children's (taught in 2 units)

'A boy and his father travel in their boat, ‘Time Machine’ to a stretch of beach beside a primordial tropical rainforest. As the boy walks among the trees he imagines the forest as it might have been in the past. Dinosaurs emerge, barely perceptible, from a tangle of trunks and vines; the faint outlines of an aboriginal child melt into a background of trees and in the final haunting scene the unspoiled vista readers have toured is overlaid with translucent images of a possible future civilisation..' (Source: Author's website)
1 y separately published work icon The Stolen Harvest Roger Williamson , London : Julia MacRae Books , 1986 Z1496319 1986 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon Romany Rat Roger Williamson , London : Julia MacRae Books , 1985 Z1496311 1985 single work children's fiction children's
1 9 y separately published work icon Home in the Sky Jeannie Baker , Jeannie Baker (illustrator), London : Julia MacRae Books , 1984 Z830909 1984 single work picture book children's A pigeon with a kindly owner and a home on the roof of a building meets a boy who wants to keep him.
1 y separately published work icon The Cheesemaker Mice and the Giant Roger Williamson , London : Julia MacRae Books , 1983 Z1496308 1983 single work children's fiction children's Hubert and Mary, the cheesemakers in a village of poor mice, supply delicious cheese to the giant in the castle on the hill until they discover that he is using it for a dreadful purpose. (Libraries Australia record).
9 1 y separately published work icon The Broken Saddle James Aldridge , London : Julia MacRae Books , 1982 Z835408 1982 single work children's fiction children's Eric enlivens his lonely life in a small Australian town by trying to break the wild pony his traveling father has left with him.
1 Blackbird Books Julia MacRae Books (publisher), 1981 series - publisher
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