Ellie and her friends have sharpened their senses and emboldened their plan for their survival. They plan to attack the enemy not just on land, but also on water. If they fail, they may face a whole new kind of terror-imprisonment.
Australia
Materials from Australia
Tomorrow When The War Began
When Ellie and her friends go camping, they have no idea they’re leaving their old lives behind forever. Despite a food shortage and a secret crush or two, everything goes as planned. Before long, they realize the country has been invaded, and their entire town has been captured.
Darkness Be My Friend
Five months into World War III, Elie and her four remaining friends have barely escaped the Australian town of Wirrawee with their lives and their sanity intact. A group of soldiers have recruited the kids to guide the way to the Wirrawee air base for a risky sabotage mission.
Would-Be Diary Of A Princess : The Journal Of Jillian James, 5B
In the journal her fifth-year teacher requires, Jillian records the ups and downs of her efforts to become popular as she hosts a class party, creates a school magazine, and tutors some socially misfit boys.
Prison Ship : Adventures Of A Young Sailor
After being framed for cowardice in a sea battle, 13-year-old Sam and his friend Richard are sent to Australia, where they must fight for their lives in the outback.
The Rainbow Serpent
Recounts the aborigine story of creation featuring Goorialla, the great Rainbow Serpent.
Lizzie Nonsense: A Story Of Pioneer Days
Her mother calls it nonsense when Lizzie pretends that their house is pretty or that a bath is the sea, but it turns out that imagination runs in the family.
The Landing: A Night Of Birds
One stormy night at her grandfather’s place on the windswept coast, Annie enters a boathouse occupied by injured sea birds and finds herself able to understand their speech.
Fly, Little Bird
A wordless story about a little girl and her dog who discover a little bird that has fallen out of its nest, bring it home and encourage the bird to learn how to fly.
The Burnt Stick
Growing up in a missionary home run by white men, John Jagamarra, who is part aborigine and part white, misses the mother from whom he’s been separated and the culture of his own people.