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Materials from Australia

Drowned Wednesday

Everyone is after Arthur Penhaligon including strange pirates, shadowy creatures, and Drowned Wednesday, whose gluttony threatens both her world and Arthur’s. Third in the Keys to the Kingdom series.

Published: 2005,
Tags: Adventure, Magic, Supernatural
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, FantasyAustralia, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Australia, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Oceania

The Rim Of The Morning: Six Stories

This collection of six stories by the renowned Australian author Colin Thiele is about life on the wild South Australian coast.

Published: 1966,
Tags: Childhood, Personal narrative, War and conflict
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, FictionAustralia, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Australia, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Oceania

The Magic Pudding

Bunyip Bluegum, an adventurous Australian koala bear, meets up with a sailor, a penguin, and their magic pudding, which is in constant danger of being stolen.

Published: 1918,
Tags: Intergenerational relations, Love stories, Revenge
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, FantasyAustralia, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Australia, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Oceania

Space Dogs

Commanders Belka and Strelka, of the planet Gersbach, board their dog-shaped vehicle and head for earth, where they attempt to capture two power-seeking renegades and hope to save their own planet from destruction.

Published: 2006,
Tags: Uncles
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Australia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), OceaniaAustralia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Oceania, Science Fiction

Sir Thursday

When Arthur is drafted into the Glorious Army of the Architect, he must survive basic training, avoid getting posted to the Front, and figure out how to free Part Four of the Will, while Leaf tries to banish Arthur’s doppleganger on Earth. (Book 4)

Published: 2006,
Tags: New home
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, FantasyAustralia, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Australia, Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Oceania

The Valley Between

Bruno Gunther is a feisty 14-year old immigrant, growing up in a small farming community in South Australia during the 1930s. While his stern German father preaches hard work, Bruno is constantly tempted into mischief.

Published: 1981,
Tags: Fate and fatalism, Love stories
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, FictionAustralia, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)Australia, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Oceania

Looking For Alibrandi

Life becomes complicated for spirited Josephine who lives in a traditional Old World Italian community in Sydney, Australia, when the father she has never known suddenly appears, and she begins to date an Australian who is not Italian.

Published: 1992,
Tags: Catholicism, Family, Friendship
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, FictionAustralia, Fiction, ItalyAustralia, Fiction, Italy, OceaniaAustralia, Fiction, Italy, Oceania, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Leaving Jetty Road

New boyfriends, worries about final exams and the future, and a possible eating disorder transform best friends Nat, Lise, and Sofia during their last year at a private high school in South Australia.

Published: 2004,
Tags: Adventures
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, FictionAustralia, Fiction, OceaniaAustralia, Fiction, Oceania, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

Checkers

Speaking from a mental hospital, a teenage girl recounts the tremendous media pressure that preceded the breaking scandal of her father’s unethical business dealings.

Published: 2000,
Tags: families, Supernatural
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, FictionAustralia, Fiction, OceaniaAustralia, Fiction, Oceania, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

White Time

Presents ten short stories, both dark and hopeful, that journey into the past, the future, and altered versions of the present.

Published: ,
Tags: Choices and decisions, Responsibility and duty
Categories: AustraliaAustralia, FictionAustralia, Fiction, OceaniaAustralia, Fiction, Oceania, Young Adult (ages 14-18)

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