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Titles with VCE English, EAL & Literature Teaching Notes
    Flames

    Flames

    Robbie Arnott
    Themes:Grief, Australian fiction, Tasmanian fiction, myth & fable
    Australian
    Nine Days

    Nine Days

    Toni Jordan
    Australian
    Reckoning

    Reckoning

    Magda Szubanski
    Australian
    The Lieutenant

    The Lieutenant

    Kate Grenville
    Australian
    Kinglake-350

    Kinglake-350

    Adrian Hyland
    Australian
Perfect for classroom discussion
    The Night War

    The Night War

    Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
    Reading age:10+
    Outlaw Girls

    Outlaw Girls

    Emily Gale and Nova Weetman
    Reading age:10+
    Australian
    Birdy

    Birdy

    Sharon Kernot
    Reading age:13+
    Australian
    Let's Never Speak of This Again

    Let’s Never Speak of This Again

    Megan Williams
    Reading age:14+
    Australian
    The Lost Library

    The Lost Library

    Wendy Mass and Rebecca Stead
    Reading age:8+
    A Giant’s Trek

    A Giant’s Trek

    Nick Stella
    Reading age:10+
    Australian
    Penny Draws a School Play

    Penny Draws a School Play

    Sara Shepard
    Reading age:8+
    Penny Draws a Best Friend

    Penny Draws a Best Friend

    Sara Shepard
    Reading age:8+
    Glimpse

    Glimpse

    Jane Higgins
    Reading age:14+
    Selfie

    Selfie

    Allayne L. Webster
    Reading age:12+
    Australian
    Unnecessary Drama

    Unnecessary Drama

    Nina Kenwood
    Reading age:14+
    Australian
    Dancing Barefoot

    Dancing Barefoot

    Alice Boyle
    Reading age:14+
    Australian
    The Goodbye Year

    The Goodbye Year

    Emily Gale
    Reading age:10+
    Australian
    The Brink

    The Brink

    Holden Sheppard
    Reading age:15+
    Australian
    Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

    Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over

    Miranda Luby
    Reading age:14+
    Australian
    Answers in the Pages

    Answers in the Pages

    David Levithan
    Reading age:8+
    The Museum of Broken Things

    The Museum of Broken Things

    Lauren Draper
    Reading age:14+
    Australian
    The Sugarcane Kids and the Red-bottomed Boat

    The Sugarcane Kids and the Red-bottomed Boat

    Charlie Archbold
    Reading age:8+
    Australian
    Slipping the Noose

    Slipping the Noose

    Meg Caddy
    Reading age:14+
    Australian
    All the Little Tricky Things

    All the Little Tricky Things

    Karys McEwen
    Reading age:8+
    Australian
    The Best Liars in Riverview

    The Best Liars in Riverview

    Lin Thompson
    Reading age:10+
    Sugar

    Sugar

    Carly Nugent
    Reading age:16+
    Australian
    Fish Out of Water

    Fish Out of Water

    Kate Hendrick
    Reading age:14+
    Australian
    Growing Up in Flames

    Growing Up in Flames

    Zach Jones
    Reading age:14+
    Australian
    Those Kids from Fawn Creek

    Those Kids from Fawn Creek

    Erin Entrada Kelly
    Reading age:8+
    Omar Rising

    Omar Rising

    Aisha Saeed
    Reading age:9+
    Dreams From My Father: Adapted for Young Adults

    Dreams From My Father: Adapted for Young Adults

    Barack Obama
    Reading age:14+
    Bailey Finch Takes a Stand

    Bailey Finch Takes a Stand

    Ingrid Laguna
    Reading age:8+
    Australian
    Social Queue

    Social Queue

    Kay Kerr
    Reading age:14+
    Australian
    If Not Us

    If Not Us

    Mark Smith
    Reading age:13+
    Australian
    Switch

    Switch

    A.S. King
    Reading age:14+
    Rainfish

    Rainfish

    Andrew Paterson
    Reading age:11+
    Australian
    The Ones We’re Meant to Find

    The Ones We’re Meant to Find

    Joan He
    Reading age:14+
    Elsewhere Girls

    Elsewhere Girls

    Emily Gale and Nova Weetman
    Reading age:10+
    Australian
    Dirt Circus League

    Dirt Circus League

    Maree Kimberley
    Reading age:14+
    Australian
    The Gaps

    The Gaps

    Leanne Hall
    Reading age:14+
    Australian
    The Electric Kingdom

    The Electric Kingdom

    David Arnold
    Reading age:16+
    The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S.

    The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S.

    David Levithan
    Reading age:8+
    The Tunnel of Dreams

    The Tunnel of Dreams

    Bernard Beckett
    Reading age:8+
    Watch Over Me

    Watch Over Me

    Nina LaCour
    Reading age:14+
    Fighting Words

    Fighting Words

    Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
    Reading age:14+
    Loner

    Loner

    Georgina Young
    Australian
    Sunflower

    Sunflower

    Ingrid Laguna
    Reading age:8+
    Australian
    Metal Fish, Falling Snow

    Metal Fish, Falling Snow

    Cath Moore
    Reading age:14+
    Australian
    Please Don’t Hug Me

    Please Don’t Hug Me

    Kay Kerr
    Reading age:14+
    Australian
    Diary of a Young Naturalist

    Diary of a Young Naturalist

    Dara McAnulty
    The End of the World Is Bigger than Love

    The End of the World Is Bigger than Love

    Davina Bell
    Reading age:16+
    Australian
    The List of Things that Will Not Change

    The List of Things that Will Not Change

    Rebecca Stead
    Reading age:8+
    The Republic of Birds

    The Republic of Birds

    Jessica Miller
    Reading age:9+
    Australian
    19 Love Songs

    19 Love Songs

    David Levithan
    Reading age:14+
    The Year We Fell from Space

    The Year We Fell from Space

    Amy Sarig King
    Reading age:8+
    This Is How We Change the Ending

    This Is How We Change the Ending

    Vikki Wakefield
    Reading age:14+
    Australian
    It Sounded Better in My Head

    It Sounded Better in My Head

    Nina Kenwood
    Reading age:14+
    Australian
    Lizard's Tale

    Lizard’s Tale

    Weng Wai Chan
    Reading age:9+
    A Constant Hum

    A Constant Hum

    Alice Bishop
    Australian
    Songbird

    Songbird

    Ingrid Laguna
    Reading age:8+
    Australian
    Devil's Ballast

    Devil’s Ballast

    Meg Caddy
    Reading age:14+
    Australian
    Dig

    Dig

    A.S. King
    A Winter's Promise

    A Winter’s Promise

    Christelle Dabos
    Themes:Fantasy romance, strong heroine, epic fantasy
    Reading age:13+
    The Finder

    The Finder

    Kate Hendrick
    Themes:dealing with grief, self-acceptance, road trip, family
    Reading age:14+
    Australian
    The Art of Taxidermy

    The Art of Taxidermy

    Sharon Kernot
    Themes:dealing with death, coping with grief, friendship
    Reading age:13+
    Australian
    Amal Unbound

    Amal Unbound

    Aisha Saeed
    Themes:own voices, world literature, multicultural stories, south asian literature
    Reading age:9+
    The Peacock Detectives

    The Peacock Detectives

    Carly Nugent
    Themes:Friendship, understanding adults, self-confidence, independence
    Reading age:9+
    Australian
    The Extremely Weird Thing that Happened in Huggabie Falls

    The Extremely Weird Thing that Happened in Huggabie Falls

    Adam Cece
    Themes:friendship, funny stories, self-acceptance, weird stories
    Reading age:8+
    Australian
    Kids Like Us

    Kids Like Us

    Hilary Reyl
    Themes:Autism, French teens, American teens, friendship, coming-of-age, Proust
    Reading age:14+
    Reckoning

    Reckoning

    Magda Szubanski
    Australian
    Nine Days

    Nine Days

    Toni Jordan
    Australian
    Saving Marty

    Saving Marty

    Paul Griffin
    Themes:Friendship, Animal rights, Bravery, Coming-of-Age
    Reading age:9+
    The War I Finally Won

    The War I Finally Won

    Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
    Themes:Friendship, Social Skills, Adoption, WWII England, Coming of Age, Dealing with Abuse, Friendship, Family Life, LGBTQIA
    Reading age:10+
    Wilder Country

    Wilder Country

    Mark Smith
    Themes:Dystopian, Coming of Age, Refugees, Australia, Dystopia, self esteem & reliance
    Reading age:14+
    Australian
    Beautiful Mess

    Beautiful Mess

    Claire Christian
    Themes:Mental Health, Teen sexuality, LGBTQIA, Suicide, Romance, Friendship
    Reading age:14+
    Australian
    The Undercurrent

    The Undercurrent

    Paula Weston
    Themes:Dystopian, Technology, Paranormal, Thriller, Romance
    Reading age:14+
    Australian
    Gaolbird

    Gaolbird

    Simon Barnard
    Themes:Australian history, Convicts, True Stories, Tasmania, Sailing, Birds, Pirates, Illustrated
    Reading age:9+
    Australian
    Marsh and Me

    Marsh and Me

    Martine Murray
    Themes:music, friendship, overcoming fear, cultural differences
    Reading age:9+
    Australian
    Ballad for a Mad Girl

    Ballad for a Mad Girl

    Vikki Wakefield
    Themes:Mental Health, Peer Pressure, Coming of Age, Friendship, Family, Ghost story
    Reading age:14+
    Australian