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A Winter’s Promise
Themes:Fantasy romance, strong heroine, epic fantasyReading Age:13+openbookTeaching Notes
The Finder
Themes:dealing with grief, self-acceptance, road trip, familyReading Age:14+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
The Art of Taxidermy
Themes:dealing with death, coping with grief, friendshipReading Age:13+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
Amal Unbound
Themes:own voices, world literature, multicultural stories, south asian literatureReading Age:9+openbookTeaching Notes
The Peacock Detectives
Themes:Friendship, understanding adults, self-confidence, independenceReading Age:9+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
The Extremely Weird Thing that Happened in Huggabie Falls
Themes:friendship, funny stories, self-acceptance, weird storiesReading Age:8+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
Kids Like Us
Themes:Autism, French teens, American teens, friendship, coming-of-age, ProustReading Age:14+openbookTeaching Notes
Saving Marty
Themes:Friendship, Animal rights, Bravery, Coming-of-AgeReading Age:9+openbookTeaching Notes
The War I Finally Won
Themes:Friendship, Social Skills, Adoption, WWII England, Coming of Age, Dealing with Abuse, Friendship, Family Life, LGBTQIAReading Age:10+openbookTeaching Notes
Wilder Country
Themes:Dystopian, Coming of Age, Refugees, Australia, Dystopia, self esteem & relianceReading Age:14+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
Beautiful Mess
Themes:Mental Health, Teen sexuality, LGBTQIA, Suicide, Romance, FriendshipReading Age:14+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
The Undercurrent
Themes:Dystopian, Technology, Paranormal, Thriller, RomanceReading Age:14+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
Gaolbird
Themes:Australian history, Convicts, True Stories, Tasmania, Sailing, Birds, Pirates, IllustratedReading Age:9+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
Marsh and Me
Themes:music, friendship, overcoming fear, cultural differencesReading Age:9+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
Ballad for a Mad Girl
Themes:Mental Health, Peer Pressure, Coming of Age, Friendship, Family, Ghost storyReading Age:14+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
Still Life with Tornado
Themes:art, domestic violence, family, coming-of-age, mental healthReading Age:14+openbookTeaching Notes
The Book of Whispers
Themes:friendship, history, courage, love, religionReading Age:14+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
Elizabeth and Zenobia
Themes:friendship, imagination, courageReading Age:10+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
When Friendship Followed Me Home
Themes:resilience, grief, family, friendship, identity, animals, cancerReading Age:9+openbookTeaching Notes
The Road to Winter
Themes:survival, honour, friendship, love, refugees, dystopiaReading Age:14+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
The War that Saved My Life
Themes:adventure, family, identity, disability, friendship, history, WWIIReading Age:10+openbookTeaching Notes
Waer
Themes:identity, survival, honour, sacrifice, friendship, guilt, courage, grief and lossReading Age:14+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
Iris and the Tiger
Themes:friendship, family and legacy, art, surrealism and creativity, cross-cultural identity, adolescence, magic and imaginationReading Age:9+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
Inbetween Days
Themes:coming-of-age, friendship, escape, loveReading Age:14+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
How to Be Happy
Themes:depression, friendship, sexual identity, suicide, academic pressure, love, adolescent confusionReading Age:14+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
Another Day
Themes:love, friendship, identity, mystery, relationshipsReading Age:14+openbookTeaching Notes
We Are the Rebels
Themes:Australian history, politics, migration, conflict, identity, womenReading Age:12+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
Goodbye Stranger
Themes:friendship, relationships, love, betrayalReading Age:11+openbookTeaching Notes
Adrift
Themes:intercultural understanding, environment, class, physical and mental survivalReading Age:14+openbookTeaching Notes
Molly and Pim and the Millions of Stars
Themes:imagination, friendship, nature, identityReading Age:8+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
Lullaby
Themes:identity, sibling relationships, guilt, philosophyReading Age:14+openbookTeaching Notes
A-Z of Convicts in Van Diemen’s Land
Themes:Australian history, illustratedReading Age:10+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
The Accident
Themes:road safety, grief, friendship, coming-of-ageReading Age:14+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
Alex As Well
Themes:identity, LGBTQI, family, friendship, coming-of-ageReading Age:15+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
Fire in the Sea
Themes:adventure, horror, fantasy, friendshipReading Age:14+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
The Realm of Possibility
Themes:verse novel, love, identity, LGBTQIReading Age:14+openbookTeaching Notes
The Minnow
Themes:grief, pregnancy, identity, friendship, coming-of-ageReading Age:14+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
Two Boys Kissing
Themes:Love, identity, LGBTQIReading Age:14+
August
Themes:free will and responsibility, humanity, destiny, philosophyReading Age:14+openbookTeaching Notes
Zac & Mia
Themes:friendship, cancer, survival, identityReading Age:14+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
Genesis
Themes:the future, artificial intelligence, human identity, philosophyReading Age:14+openbookTeaching Notes
Girl Saves Boy
Themes:friendship, loving life, facing adversityReading Age:12+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
All The Green Year
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Zero Hour
Themes:World War I, Anzacs on the Western FrontReading Age:12+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Themes:homosexuality, friendship, depressionReading Age:14+openbookTeaching Notes
Queen of the Night
Themes:fantasy, identity, friendship, loveReading Age:14+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
This Is Shyness
Themes:adventure, romance, friendship, alienationReading Age:14+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
The Impossible Knife of Memory
Themes:grief, identity, family, friendship, coming-of-ageReading Age:14+openbookTeaching Notes
Julius and the Watchmaker
Themes:time-travel, adventure, fantasy, steampunk, friendship, identityReading Age:12+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
The Beginner’s Guide to Living
Themes:grief, love, philosophy, sexReading Age:14+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
Mister Pip
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How They Met and Other Stories
Themes:Short stories, love, identity, LGBTQIReading Age:14+openbookTeaching Notes
The Unidentified
Themes:friendship, social networking, peer pressure, identityReading Age:13+openbookTeaching Notes
The Billionaire’s Curse
Themes:adventure, mystery, friendship, wealthReading Age:10+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
The Good Daughter
Themes:friendship, freedom, migrant lifeReading Age:13+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
Five Parts Dead
Themes:mystery, family/friendship bonding, griefReading Age:12+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
The Firebird Mystery
Themes:adventure, mystery, friendship, steampunk, actionReading Age:9+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
Angel Creek
Themes:friendship, adventure, beginning high schoolReading Age:8+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
Chenxi and the Foreigner
Themes:artistic freedom, Tiananmen SquareReading Age:13+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
The Watcher in the Shadows
Themes:mystery, adventure, friendship, ruiz zafonReading Age:14+openbookTeaching Notes
The Midnight Palace
Themes:good and evil, honour, adventure, ruiz zafonReading Age:13+openbookTeaching Notes
The Prince of Mist
Themes:good and evil, friendship, facing fears, ZafonReading Age:13+openbookTeaching Notes
First Light
Themes:friendship, standing up for your beliefs, overcoming hardshipReading Age:9+openbookTeaching Notes
Liar & Spy
Themes:identity, anxiety, friendship, family, mysteryReading Age:10+openbookTeaching Notes
All I Ever Wanted
Themes:identity, friendship, family, classReading Age:14+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
Friday Brown
Themes:friendship, identity, homelessness, grief, coming-of-ageReading Age:14+AustralianopenbookTeaching Notes
