Age: Fiction

Fiction genre

Bhangra Babes

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

As their auntie’s wedding day approaches, the Indian-British Dhillon sisters try to rescue her from her fianc

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The Foreshadowing

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Having always been able to know when someone is going to die, Alexandra poses as a nurse to go to France during World War I to locate her brother and to try to save him from the fate she has foreseen for him.

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Once Upon A Tide

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

A boy and a girl build a boat and sail off to find Captain Bart’s buried treasure.

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Dream Time: New Stories By Sixteen Award-Winning Authors

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

A collection of sixteen short stories, produced by asking authors recognized or awarded by the Australian Book Council to write on the theme of ‘Dream Time.’

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Lydia, Queen Of Palestine

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Ten-year-old Lydia describes her childhood escapades in pre-World War II Romania, her struggles to understand her parents’ divorce amid the chaos of the war, and her life on a kibbutz in Palestine. Based on the life of the Israeli poet Arianna Haran.

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The Bamboo Flute

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

In 1932, during Australia’s deep economic depression, young Paul meets Eric the Red–a wandering swagman–who teaches Paul how to play the bamboo flute and brings music back into Paul’s life.

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Big Boy

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Little Oli wants to be big enough to go bird hunting with his brother Mbachu but has to take a nap instead.

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Forest Of The Clouded Leopard

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

The death of his grandfather forces a fifteen-year-old Iban boy to face the conflict between the traditions and beliefs of his tribe and the modern ways he has learned at a Western-style boarding school.

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Temple Cat

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

A temple cat in ancient Egypt grows tired of being worshipped and cared for in a reverent fashion and travels to the seaside, where she finds genuine affection with a fisherman and his children.

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Songs Of Papa’s Island

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

A mother tells her daughter a series of stories about life on Guam before the daughter was born and when she was a baby.

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