Thomson, Sarah L.

Summary: During the fire season in Australia, a wombat allows its underground shelter to become a place of refuge for other vulnerable animals in need. Discusses Australia's devastating 2019-2020 fire season, in which many animals lost their lives or their habitats.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE THO

Lonesborough, Gary

Summary: "It's a hot summer, and life's going all right for Jackson and his family on the Mish. It's almost Christmas, school's out, and he's hanging with his mates, teasing the visiting tourists, avoiding the racist boys in town. Just like every year, Jackson's Aunty and annoying little cousins visit from the city--but this time a mysterious boy with a troubled past comes with them. As their friendship...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Push 2022

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LON

Fraillon, Zana

Summary: Subhi is a refugee. Born in an Australian permanent detention center after his mother and sister fled the violence of a distant homeland, Subhi has only ever known life behind the fences. But his world is far bigger than that -- every night, the magical Night Sea from his mother's stories brings him gifts, the faraway whales sing to him, and the birds tell their stories. And as he grows, his...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion 2016

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FRA

Lai, Remy

Summary: "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,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC LAI

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC LAI

Marchetta, Melina

Summary: Abandoned by her drug-addicted mother at the age of eleven, high school student Taylor Markham struggles with her identity and family history at a boarding school in Australia.

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen 2008

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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC MAR

Mass, Wendy

Summary: 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.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2018

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MAS

Baker, Jeannie.

Summary: In Sydney, Australia, and in Morocco, two boys and their families have a day of shopping. Readers are invited to compare illustrations in two wordless stories that are intended to be read one from left to right and the other from right to left.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2010

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BAK

Patterson, James

Summary: The trip to Australia Rafe has won starts badly, but after connecting with a group of misfits he finds a way to do what he does best--create mayhem.

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Publisher / Publication Date: JIMMY Patterson Books, Little, Brown and Company 2017

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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PAT

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC PAT

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION PAT