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Bailey Finch Takes a Stand
Ingrid Laguna
Reading Age:8+
Australian
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Social Queue
Kay Kerr
Reading Age:14+
Australian
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If Not Us
Mark Smith
Reading Age:14+
Australian
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Switch
A.S. King
Reading Age:14+
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Rainfish
Andrew Paterson
Reading Age:11+
Australian
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The Ones We’re Meant to Find
Joan He
Reading Age:14+
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Elsewhere Girls
Emily Gale and Nova Weetman
Reading Age:10+
Australian
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Dirt Circus League
Maree Kimberley
Reading Age:14+
Australian
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The Gaps
Leanne Hall
Reading Age:14+
Australian
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The Electric Kingdom
David Arnold
Reading Age:16+
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Balloon Girls
Darrell Pitt
Reading Age:8+
Australian
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The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S.
David Levithan
Reading Age:8+
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The Tunnel of Dreams
Bernard Beckett
Reading Age:8+
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Watch Over Me
Nina LaCour
Reading Age:14+
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Fighting Words
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Reading Age:14+
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Loner
Georgina Young
Australian
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Sunflower
Ingrid Laguna
Reading Age:8+
Australian
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Metal Fish, Falling Snow
Cath Moore
Reading Age:14+
Australian
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Please Don’t Hug Me
Kay Kerr
Reading Age:14+
Australian
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Diary of a Young Naturalist
Dara McAnulty
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The End of the World Is Bigger than Love
Davina Bell
Reading Age:16+
Australian
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The List of Things that Will Not Change
Rebecca Stead
Reading Age:8+
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The Republic of Birds
Jessica Miller
Reading Age:9+
Australian
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19 Love Songs
David Levithan
Reading Age:14+
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The Year We Fell from Space
Amy Sarig King
Reading Age:8+
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This Is How We Change the Ending
Vikki Wakefield
Reading Age:14+
Australian
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It Sounded Better in My Head
Nina Kenwood
Reading Age:14+
Australian
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Lizard’s Tale
Weng Wai Chan
Reading Age:9+
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A Constant Hum
Alice Bishop
Australian
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Songbird
Ingrid Laguna
Reading Age:8+
Australian
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Devil’s Ballast
Meg Caddy
Reading Age:14+
Australian
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Dig
A.S. King
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A Winter’s Promise
Christelle Dabos
Themes:Fantasy romance, strong heroine, epic fantasy
Reading Age:13+
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The Finder
Kate Hendrick
Themes:dealing with grief, self-acceptance, road trip, family
Reading Age:14+
Australian
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The Art of Taxidermy
Sharon Kernot
Themes:dealing with death, coping with grief, friendship
Reading Age:13+
Australian
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Amal Unbound
Aisha Saeed
Themes:own voices, world literature, multicultural stories, south asian literature
Reading Age:9+
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The Peacock Detectives
Carly Nugent
Themes:Friendship, understanding adults, self-confidence, independence
Reading Age:9+
Australian
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The Extremely Weird Thing that Happened in Huggabie Falls
Adam Cece
Themes:friendship, funny stories, self-acceptance, weird stories
Reading Age:8+
Australian
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Kids Like Us
Hilary Reyl
Themes:Autism, French teens, American teens, friendship, coming-of-age, Proust
Reading Age:14+
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Reckoning
Magda Szubanski
Australian
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Nine Days
Toni Jordan
Australian
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Saving Marty
Paul Griffin
Themes:Friendship, Animal rights, Bravery, Coming-of-Age
Reading Age:9+
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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+
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Wilder Country
Mark Smith
Themes:Dystopian, Coming of Age, Refugees, Australia, Dystopia, self esteem & reliance
Reading Age:14+
Australian
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Beautiful Mess
Claire Christian
Themes:Mental Health, Teen sexuality, LGBTQIA, Suicide, Romance, Friendship
Reading Age:14+
Australian
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The Undercurrent
Paula Weston
Themes:Dystopian, Technology, Paranormal, Thriller, Romance
Reading Age:14+
Australian
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Gaolbird
Simon Barnard
Themes:Australian history, Convicts, True Stories, Tasmania, Sailing, Birds, Pirates, Illustrated
Reading Age:9+
Australian
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Marsh and Me
Martine Murray
Themes:music, friendship, overcoming fear, cultural differences
Reading Age:9+
Australian
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Ballad for a Mad Girl
Vikki Wakefield
Themes:Mental Health, Peer Pressure, Coming of Age, Friendship, Family, Ghost story
Reading Age:14+
Australian
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Still Life with Tornado
A.S. King
Themes:art, domestic violence, family, coming-of-age, mental health
Reading Age:14+
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The Book of Whispers
Kimberley Starr
Themes:friendship, history, courage, love, religion
Reading Age:14+
Australian
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Elizabeth and Zenobia
Jessica Miller
Themes:friendship, imagination, courage
Reading Age:10+
Australian
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When Friendship Followed Me Home
Paul Griffin
Themes:resilience, grief, family, friendship, identity, animals, cancer
Reading Age:9+
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The Road to Winter
Mark Smith
Themes:survival, honour, friendship, love, refugees, dystopia
Reading Age:14+
Australian
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The War that Saved My Life
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Themes:adventure, family, identity, disability, friendship, history, WWII
Reading Age:10+
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Waer
Meg Caddy
Themes:identity, survival, honour, sacrifice, friendship, guilt, courage, grief and loss
Reading Age:14+
Australian
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Iris and the Tiger
Leanne Hall
Themes:friendship, family and legacy, art, surrealism and creativity, cross-cultural identity, adolescence, magic and imagination
Reading Age:9+
Australian
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The After-Room
Maile Meloy
Themes:adventure, mystery, cold war, friendship
Reading Age:11+
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Inbetween Days
Vikki Wakefield
Themes:coming-of-age, friendship, escape, love
Reading Age:14+
Australian
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How to Be Happy
David Burton
Themes:depression, friendship, sexual identity, suicide, academic pressure, love, adolescent confusion
Reading Age:14+
Australian
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Another Day
David Levithan
Themes:love, friendship, identity, mystery, relationships
Reading Age:14+
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We Are the Rebels
Clare Wright
Themes:Australian history, politics, migration, conflict, identity, women
Reading Age:12+
Australian
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Goodbye Stranger
Rebecca Stead
Themes:friendship, relationships, love, betrayal
Reading Age:11+
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Adrift
Paul Griffin
Themes:intercultural understanding, environment, class, physical and mental survival
Reading Age:14+
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Molly and Pim and the Millions of Stars
Martine Murray
Themes:imagination, friendship, nature, identity
Reading Age:8+
Australian
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Lullaby
Bernard Beckett
Themes:identity, sibling relationships, guilt, philosophy
Reading Age:14+
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Havoc
Jane Higgins
Themes:dystopia, war, disease, friendship, survival
Reading Age:14+
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Hold Me Closer
David Levithan
Themes:homosexuality, friendship
Reading Age:14+
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A-Z of Convicts in Van Diemen’s Land
Simon Barnard
Themes:Australian history, illustrated
Reading Age:10+
Australian
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The Apprentices
Maile Meloy
Themes:adventure, mystery, cold war, friendship
Reading Age:11+
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All This Could End
Steph Bowe
Themes:friendship, family, crime
Reading Age:13+
Australian
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