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Jackie French Jackie French i(A7058 works by) (a.k.a. Jacqueline French; Jacqueline Anne French)
Born: Established: 1953 Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Female
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Details of Works Taught

Text Unit Name Institution Year
y separately published work icon Hitler's Daughter Jackie French , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1999 Z15341 1999 single work children's fiction children's (taught in 2 units) After hearing a fictional tale about Hitler's daughter, Mark wonders what it would be like if someone he loved and trusted turned out to be evil. Genres in Children's LIterature La Trobe University 2014
y separately published work icon Hitler's Daughter Jackie French , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 1999 Z15341 1999 single work children's fiction children's (taught in 2 units) After hearing a fictional tale about Hitler's daughter, Mark wonders what it would be like if someone he loved and trusted turned out to be evil. Children's Literature University of Newcastle 2009
Text Unit Name Institution Year
y separately published work icon Nanberry : Black Brother White Jackie French , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 2011 Z1797040 2011 single work children's fiction children's historical fiction (taught in 3 units)

'Two brothers -- one black, one white -- and a colony at the end of the world.

'It′s 1789, and as the new colony in Sydney Cove is established, Surgeon John White defies convention and adopts Nanberry, an Aboriginal boy, to raise as his son. Nanberry is clever and uses his unique gifts as an interpreter to bridge the two worlds he lives in. With his white brother, Andrew, he witnesses the struggles of the colonists to keep their precarious grip on a hostile wilderness. And yet he is haunted by the memories of the Cadigal warriors who will one day come to claim him as one of their own.

'This true story follows the brothers as they make their way in the world -- one as a sailor, serving in the Royal Navy, the other a hero of the Battle of Waterloo.

'No less incredible is the enduring love between the gentleman surgeon and the convict girl who was saved from the death penalty and became a great lady in her own right.' (From the publisher's website.)

Literary Studies : Literature For 0-18 PG University of Canberra 2014 (Semester 1)
y separately published work icon Nanberry : Black Brother White Jackie French , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 2011 Z1797040 2011 single work children's fiction children's historical fiction (taught in 3 units)

'Two brothers -- one black, one white -- and a colony at the end of the world.

'It′s 1789, and as the new colony in Sydney Cove is established, Surgeon John White defies convention and adopts Nanberry, an Aboriginal boy, to raise as his son. Nanberry is clever and uses his unique gifts as an interpreter to bridge the two worlds he lives in. With his white brother, Andrew, he witnesses the struggles of the colonists to keep their precarious grip on a hostile wilderness. And yet he is haunted by the memories of the Cadigal warriors who will one day come to claim him as one of their own.

'This true story follows the brothers as they make their way in the world -- one as a sailor, serving in the Royal Navy, the other a hero of the Battle of Waterloo.

'No less incredible is the enduring love between the gentleman surgeon and the convict girl who was saved from the death penalty and became a great lady in her own right.' (From the publisher's website.)

Literary Studies: Literature for 0-18 University of Canberra 2016 (Semester 1)
y separately published work icon Nanberry : Black Brother White Jackie French , Pymble : HarperCollins Australia , 2011 Z1797040 2011 single work children's fiction children's historical fiction (taught in 3 units)

'Two brothers -- one black, one white -- and a colony at the end of the world.

'It′s 1789, and as the new colony in Sydney Cove is established, Surgeon John White defies convention and adopts Nanberry, an Aboriginal boy, to raise as his son. Nanberry is clever and uses his unique gifts as an interpreter to bridge the two worlds he lives in. With his white brother, Andrew, he witnesses the struggles of the colonists to keep their precarious grip on a hostile wilderness. And yet he is haunted by the memories of the Cadigal warriors who will one day come to claim him as one of their own.

'This true story follows the brothers as they make their way in the world -- one as a sailor, serving in the Royal Navy, the other a hero of the Battle of Waterloo.

'No less incredible is the enduring love between the gentleman surgeon and the convict girl who was saved from the death penalty and became a great lady in her own right.' (From the publisher's website.)

Children's and Young Adult Literature University of Southern Queensland 2014 (Semester 1)
Text Unit Name Institution Year
y separately published work icon Walking the Boundaries Jackie French , Bronwyn Bancroft (illustrator), Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1993 Z259086 1993 single work novel young adult fantasy (taught in 2 units)

'Martin lives in the city with his mum. He’s come to walk the boundaries of the farm that’s been in his family for generations. It sounds easy, especially as he’ll own the land when he gets back.

'Martin’s great-grandfather, Ted, doesn’t even want him to walk around the farm’s fences, just up the gorge and along the hills. But up in the gorge Martin meets Meg from almost a century ago and Wullamudulla from thousands of years in the past. Despite their differences they discover that they’re all on the same journey… and that walking the boundaries means more than following lines on a map.' (Source: Publisher's blurb)

Children's Literature for Literacy Australian Catholic University - Strathfield Campus (Mount Saint Mary) 2012
y separately published work icon Walking the Boundaries Jackie French , Bronwyn Bancroft (illustrator), Pymble : Angus and Robertson , 1993 Z259086 1993 single work novel young adult fantasy (taught in 2 units)

'Martin lives in the city with his mum. He’s come to walk the boundaries of the farm that’s been in his family for generations. It sounds easy, especially as he’ll own the land when he gets back.

'Martin’s great-grandfather, Ted, doesn’t even want him to walk around the farm’s fences, just up the gorge and along the hills. But up in the gorge Martin meets Meg from almost a century ago and Wullamudulla from thousands of years in the past. Despite their differences they discover that they’re all on the same journey… and that walking the boundaries means more than following lines on a map.' (Source: Publisher's blurb)

Children's Literature for Literacy Australian Catholic University - Strathfield Campus (Mount Saint Mary) 2012
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