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6 8 y separately published work icon Ark in the Park Wendy Orr , Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1994 Z921296 1994 single work children's fiction children's 'Sophie lived in a tall, tall building overlooking a large green park. In the middle of the park was the biggest, strangest, most wonderful pet shop in the world. It was built like a ship, with tall glass sails stretching to the sky and it was called Noah's Ark. Every morning Sophie made three secret wishes as she gazed at the ark in the park. Over at The Noah's Ark, Mr and Mrs Noah, who owned the pet shop, also made a secret wish - the same one every time. On a very special birthday, a magical meeting shows Sophie, and Mr and Mrs Noah, that secret wishes have a way of coming true.' (Source: Back cover)
3 y separately published work icon 10 contes d'Australie Dix contes d'Australie Annie Langlois , Frédéric Sochard (illustrator), Paris : Flammarion , 2003 7099463 2003 single work prose Indigenous story children's

'Écoutons la voix des conteurs qui nous font vivre de fabuleuses histoires' (Source: cover verso).
3 2 y separately published work icon Broome Dog Mary Small , New South Wales : Walter McVitty Books , 1989 Z832444 1989 single work children's fiction children's
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)
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.
2 1 y separately published work icon Klontarf Colin Thiele , Willoughby : Rigby , 1988 Z827321 1988 single work children's fiction children's mystery

'Klontarf is an old deserted homestead which is rumoured to be haunted. However, when Terry falls and hurts his leg, they have no other choice but to take refuge there. The terrifying events that night lead Matt and Jessica to discover that Klontarf really does have a dark secret.' (Source: Trove)
1 Castor Poche Castor Poche Flammarion (publisher), 1990 1990 series - publisher children's fiction children's
2 7 y separately published work icon Five Times Dizzy Nadia Wheatley , Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1982 Z836401 1982 single work children's fiction children's

'Mareka would be quite happy in the milkbar in Newtown, even though it is so far from Greece, if it wasn't for the Wilson kids who give her a hard time.'

'But her Yaya, her grandmother has only recently arrived in Australia and feels lost and unhappy. She misses her mountain village and her goat, Poppy. If only Mareka cound find her something to do...'

'Then she has an idea. But it's such a big idea she feels dizzy - and there are such a lot of problems...'(Source: Back cover)
5 7 y separately published work icon Cannily, Cannily Simon French , London Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1981 Z820732 1981 single work children's fiction children's

Trevor and his family aren't considered normal. They travel around Australia in their kombi, living in caravan parks and working at odd jobs. His parents always wanted Trevor to experience the world and meet interesting people. But lately Trevor only feels like he doesn't belong. When they arrive in a new town, Trevor decides that this time things are going to be different and the school football team might just be the key.' (Publication summary)
 
11 5 y separately published work icon To the Wild Sky Ivan Southall , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1967 Z43205 1967 single work children's fiction children's

'No one had talked about fuel; what was the use of talking, anyway? But they all knew that engines which run on fuel have to run out of fuel sometime, and that the Egret just couldn’t keep on going for ever. They seemed to have been sitting in this plane, imprisoned, for days, waiting to die. Gerald just flew on and on as though he wanted to fly away to another world, almost as though he didn’t want to go down, almost as though he didn’t know how to go down.

When the Egret’s pilot dies suddenly mid-flight six teenagers, the only passengers on board, face a terrifying situation. Gerald has had some flying lessons, but he has never flown alone, and he has never landed a plane. Lost and afraid, they fly on as the fuel gauge drops and night closes in. Will they find a clear landing place? Could they land in the sea? If they do somehow land safely how will they find their way back to civilisation?'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Text Publishing edition).
2 6 y separately published work icon February Dragon Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby , 1965 Z269337 1965 single work children's fiction children's

'The lives of three Australian children are cruelly affected when a bushfire known as the February Dragon sweeps across the countryside.'

Source: Blurb.
14 23 Storm Boy Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby , 1963 Z947092 1963 single work children's fiction children's (taught in 3 units)
— Appears in: Kumurins un Kamolins; Es protu lekt pari pelkem; Vetras zens 1999;

The story of a boy and his pelican, Mr Percival, who live on the South Australian Coorong.
3 2 y separately published work icon River Murray Mary Colin Thiele , Adelaide : Rigby , 1979 Z827975 1979 single work children's fiction children's adventure Mary's parents settle on the banks of the River Murray as part of a soldier settlement. She makes friends with Abel Stenross who owns a paddlesteamer, and shows her courage in getting a doctor for her mother who is injured during a flood.
2 2 y separately published work icon Keep Calm Joan Phipson , London : Macmillan , 1978 Z813361 1978 single work novel young adult science fiction 'It began so slowly, so quietly, that at first they did not notice it had begun at all. There had been so may weeks of one strike or another, of a demonstration here, or a confrontation there. The words "nuclear reactor" had made almost daily headlines ...'.

'The first hint that something is wrong comes to Nick Lorimer when he discovers that the trains are not running after school. As everything grinds to a stop, and all services break down, Nick decides to take his younger sister and flee the now dangerous city before they become its victims. But where will they go...?' (Source: back cover blurb.)
4 2 y separately published work icon Chadwick's Chimney Colin Thiele , Sydney : Methuen Australia , 1979 Z826500 1979 single work children's fiction children's adventure Strange things are happening in the sinkhole and caves near Ket's farm. What does the phantom motor bike and the frogmen mean? (Source: Trove)
3 2 y separately published work icon Fly into Danger Joan Phipson , New York (City) : Atheneum , 1977 Z835738 1977 single work children's fiction children's adventure During a thirty-six hour flight from Australia to England, fourteen-year-old Margaret uncovers a smuggling plot among her seatmates.
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