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1) The lost man
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Two brothers meet in the remote Australian outback when the third brother is found dead. Something caused Cam, the middle child who had been in charge of the family homestead, to die alone in the middle of nowhere.
In an isolated belt of Western Australia, Nathan and Bub Bright are each other's nearest neighbor, their homes four hours' drive apart. Cameron, the middle child, lies dead at their feet. What caused Cam to die alone in the middle of nowhere?...
3) Fifty, fifty
Author
Series
Detective Harriet Blue volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Sam Blue stands accused of the brutal murders of three young students, their bodies dumped near the Georges River. Only one person believes he is innocent: his sister, Detective Harriet Blue. And she's determined to prove it. But Harry's outburst at her brother's trial earns her a reassignment -- to the Outback. With no choice but to leave Sam's case alone, she relocates to Last Chance Valley, population 75, where a diary found on the roadside outlines...
4) Liar Liar
Author
Series
Detective Harriet Blue volume 3
Language
English
Description
Detective Harriet Blue is a very good cop . . . gone very bad. In the space of a week, she has committed theft and fraud, resisted arrest, assaulted a police officer, and is considered a dangerous fugitive from the law. It's all because of one man, Regan Banks. He viciously killed the only person in the world who matters to Harriet-and he plans to kill her next. As she recklessly speeds toward the dark side-and finally crosses it-Harriet won't stop...
5) Bob
Author
Language
English
Description
Visiting her grandmother in Australia, Livy, ten, is reminded of the promise she made five years before to Bob, a strange, green creature who cannot recall who or what he is.
Author
Series
Treasure hunters (James Patterson) volume 7
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Bick, Beck, Storm, and Tommy have one week to traverse the Australian Outback, locate Charlotte Badger and her pirate cronies, and find evidence to prove their parents innocent of stealing rare opals.
8) Pink
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sixteen-year-old Ava does not know who she is or where she belongs, but when she tries out a new personality--and sexual orientation--at a different school, her edgy girlfriend, potential boyfriend, and others are hurt by her lack of honesty.
9) Jasper Jones
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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Formats
Description
In small-town Australia, teens Jasper and Charlie form an unlikely friendship when one asks the other to help him cover up a murder until they can prove who is responsible.
Author
Series
Flat Stanley's worldwide adventures volume 8
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his brother uses him as a boomerang on a beach near the Great Barrier Reef, the wind takes Flat Stanley halfway across Australia to the Outback.
11) Bushfire!
Author
Series
Bindi wildlife adventures volume 3
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"While on an early morning walk, Bindi and her friend Rosie see the smoke from a terrible bushfire. They rush to the Australian Wildlife Hospital to help care for the animals that were trapped in the fire"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Dawn Publications
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A counting book in rhyme presents various Australian animals and their offspring, from a mother crocodile and her "little hatchling one" to a huge father emu and his "little chicks ten." Includes related facts and activities.
13) Ready to dream
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
While drawing pictures of the animals she sees on her trip to Australia, a young girl named Ally meets Pauline, an aborigine woman and fellow artist, from whom Ally learns that art is not always created with just paper and paints, and that mistakes are actually happy accidents.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the award-winning author of It Sounded Better in My Head comes a deliciously entertaining enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy about two high school nemeses who end up sharing a house together their first year of college Eighteen-year-old Brooke is the kind of friend who not only remembers everyone's birthdays, but also organizes the group present, pays for it, and politely chases others for their share. She's the helper, the doer, the maker-of...
16) Pie in the sky
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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TAB 2020 : Dorothy Hamm
Food For Thought: Elementary and Middle Grade
TAB 2020 : Dorothy Hamm
Description
"Sometimes life isn't a piece of cake... When Jingwen moves to a new country, he feels like he's landed on Mars. School is torture, making friends is impossible since he doesn't speak English, and he's often stuck looking after his (extremely irritating) little brother, Yanghao. To distract himself from the loneliness, Jingwen daydreams about making all the cakes on the menu of Pie in the Sky, the bakery his father had planned to open before he unexpectedly...
Author
Series
Greetings from somewhere volume 8
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
With help from their cousin Harry, eight-year-old twins Ella and Ethan discover who is illegally taking coral from the reefs near their aunt and uncle's beach house on the shore of Australia's Coral Sea.
19) Possum magic
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Grandma Poss's magic turns Hush invisible, the two possums take a culinary tour of Australia to find the food that will make her visible once more.
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 29
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Geronimo Stilton visits Australia where he has an adventurous time dodging sharks and snakes, and getting lost in the Outback.
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