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y separately published work icon Yirra and Her Deadly Dog, Demon single work   children's fiction  
Note: Written by Anita Heiss and the students of La Perouse Public School. Illustrations Adam Hill.
Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 Yirra and Her Deadly Dog, Demon
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Units Teaching this Work

Text Unit Name Institution Year
y separately published work icon Yirra and Her Deadly Dog, Demon Anita Heiss , La Perouse Public School , Sydney : ABC Books , 2007 Z1381001 2007 single work children's fiction (taught in 1 units) 'Yirra's Mum's sick of vacuuming up fur balls, the neighbours are fed up with having their undies nicked from the clothesline, and her Step-Dad just wants his slippers back.
'If Yirra doesn't find a dog-trainer soon, she'll have to give her beloved Demon to a new family - one who likes dogs who run and dig a lot. Bursting with energy and madcap fun, Yirra and Her Deadly Dog, Demon gives young readers a contemporary view of urban Indigenous life in Sydney.' (Publisher's blurb)
Children's Fiction Charles Sturt University 2012 (Semester 1, Semester 2)
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