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units of Work

We now offer complete units of work to accompany a number of titles suitable for use in years 7 to 11. These units provide teachers and students with a focussed study of the novel with the emphasis placed on one or two themes and a range of activities including Readers' Theatre, blogging and written responses. Each unit includes a summary of the plot, the objectives of the unit, focus themes, activities, assessment and further reading.

Units for the secondary classroom

• - The Australian Long Story
• - Between Shades of Gray
• - Big River Little Fish
• - Bird and Sugar Boy
• - Black Jack Anderson
• - Black Water
• - Blueback
• - Born to Run
• - Break of Day
• - Broken Glass
• - Brown Skin Blue
• - Butterfly
• - Bye, Beautiful
• - Camel Rider
• - Captain Cook's Apprentice
• - Daredevils
• - Destroying Avalon
• - Doppelganger
• - Falling From Grace
• - Growing up Asian in Australia
• - How I Live Now
• - Just in Case
• - Kill the Possum
• - Lighthouse Girl
• - Love Aubrey
• - Mao's Last Dancer
• - Something in the World Called Love
• - So Yesterday
• - Swerve
• - Thai-Riffic
• - The Black Dog Gang
• - Then
• - The Reluctant Fundamentalist
• - Town
• - Unpolished Gem
• - Year of the Tiger

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4
48 Shades of Brown
Earls Nick



A
Abyssinia
Dubosarsky Ursula

The Accidental Princess
Storer Jen & Masciullo Lucia (Illus)

Adults Only
Gleitzman Morris

Alaska
Saliba Sue

Animal Heroes
Hill Anthony

Are We There Yet?
Lester Alison

Aristotle's Nostril
Gleitzman Morris

Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel
Colfer Eoin & Rigano Giovanni (illus)

Audition
Ward Kehoe Stasia

Aussie Bites: Moving House
James Moloney

Aussie Bites: The Excuse
Allan Baillie

Aussie Bites: The Horrible Holiday
Catherine Jinks

Aussie Bites: The Lenski Kids & Dracula
Libby Hathorn

Aussie Bites: The Too Tight Tutu
Sherryl Clark

Aussie Bites: Tiger Trouble
Sherryl Clark

Aussie Nibbles: Poor Fish!
Jane Godwin



B
Bird and Sugar Boy
Laguna Sofie

Birdie in the Sky: Aussie Chomps
Mason Prue

The Black Dog Gang
Newton Robert

Black Jack Anderson
Forrestal Elaine

Black Water
Metzenthen David

Blueback
Winton Tim

Born to Run
Freeman Cathy

Boy Overboard
Gleitzman Morris

The Boy and the Toy
Hartnett Sonya & Masciullo Lucia (illus)

Boys of Blood & Bone
David Metzenthen

Break of Day
Palmer Tony

Bruises
Fusillo Archimede

Bumface
Morris Gleitzman

Bye, Beautiful
Lawrinson Julia



C
Cabin Fever: Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Kinney Jeff

Camel Rider
Mason Prue

Captain Cook's Apprentice
Hill Anthony

Chain of Hearts
Maureen Mccarthy

Chinese Cinderella
Adeline Yen Mah

Come Down, Cat!
Hartnett Sonya & Masciullo Lucia (Illus)

The Comet Box
Stirling Adrian

The Complete Maus
Spiegelman Art



D
Dancing in the Dark
Bavati Robyn

Deadly, Unna?
Phillip Gwynne

Destination Abudai
Mason Prue

Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Kinney Jeff

The Dons
Fusillo Archimede

Doppelganger
Parker Michael

Doubting Thomas
Gleitzman Morris



F
Falling From Grace
Godwin Jane

Finnikin of the Rock
Marchetta Melina

Flash Jack
Maureen McCarthy

A Friend For Old Tom
Hobbs Leigh



G
Generals Die In Bed
Harrison Charles Yale

A Ghost In My Suitcase
Wang Gabrielle

The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon
Blabey Aaron

Gift of the Gab
Morris Gleitzman

A Girl Like Me
Matthews Penny

Girl Stuff
Cooke Kaz

Girl Underground
Gleitzman Morris

Give Peas a Chance
Gleitzman Morris

Grace
Gleitzman Morris



H
The Hidden Monastery
Wang Gabrielle

How Hedley Hopkins Did a Dare, robbed a grave, made a new friend who might not have really been there at all, & while he was at it, committe
Jennings Paul

How I Live Now
Rosoff Meg



I
I'm Being Stalked By a Moonshadow
MacLeod Doug



J
Jamil's Shadow
Christine Harris

Jarvis 24
Metzenthen David

Jetty Rats
Gwynne Phillip

The Jewel Fish of Karnak
Base Graeme

Joel and Cat Set the Story Straight
Earls Nick, Sparrow Rebecca

Just In Case
Rosoff Meg



K
Kill the Possum
Moloney James



L
The Life of a Teenage Body-Snatcher
MacLeod Doug

Little Paradise
Wang Gabrielle

Looking For Alibrandi
Marchetta Melina

Lost Property
Moloney James

The Lucky Ones
Riddle Tohby



M
Macbeth You Idiot!
Henderson Don

Mao's Last Dancer
Cunxin Li

Mao's Last Dancer: Young Readers Edition
Cunxin Li

The Midnight Zoo
Hartnett Sonya

My Hippopotamus is on Our Caravan Roof Getting Sunburnt
Edwards Hazel

My Uncle's Donkey
Riddle Tohby



N
Now
Gleitzman Morris

Nukkin Ya
Phillip Gwynne



O
Once
Gleitzman Morris

One Small Island
Tulloch Coral & Lester Alison (illus)

Our Australian Girl: Meet Grace (Book 1)
Laguna Sofie & Masciullo Lucia

Our Australian Girl: Meet Letty (Book 1)
Lloyd Alison & Masciullo Lucia

Our Australian Girl: Meet Poppy (Book 1)
Wang Gabrielle & Masciullo Lucia

Our Australian Girl: Meet Rose (Book 1)
Clark Sherryl & Masciullo Lucia



P
Panda Chase: Mission Fox Book 2
D'Ath Justin

The Perfect Present
Roberton Fiona

Pizza Cake
Gleitzman Morris

The Pocketbook of Aussie Patriotism
Gullifer Brendan



R
Ready, Set, Boris Book 3
Joyner Andrew

The Return of the Word Spy: A funny and fantastic voyage into language, grammar and beyond...
Dubosarsky Ursula

The Ring of Earth: Young Samurai: Book 4
Bradford Chris

Runner
Newton Robert



S
Scout
Pluss Nicole

Second Childhood
Morris Gleitzman

The Shark Net
Drewe Robert

Siggy and Amber
MacLeod Doug

The Silver Donkey
Hartnett Sonya

Silverfin: The Graphic Novel
Higson Charlie & Walker Kev (illus)

Snake Escape: Mission Fox Book 1
D'Ath Justin

So Yesterday
Westerfeld Scott

Soldier Boy
Anthony Hill

Specky Magee & the Battle of the Young Guns
Arena Felice & Lyon Garry

Specky Magee & the Boots of Glory
Arena Felice, Lyon Garry

Specky Magee & the Great Footy Cont
Arena Felice & Lyon Garry

Specky Magee & the Season of Champions
Arena Felice & Lyon Garry

Specky Magee and a Legend in the Making
Arena Felice, Lyon Garry

Specky Magee and the Spirit of the Game
Arena Felice, Lyon Garry

Stony Heart Country
David Metzenthen

Swerve
Gwynne Phillip



T
Teacher's Pet
Morris Gleitzman

Thai-riffic!
Phommavanh Oliver

The Other Facts of Life
Morris Gleitzman

Then
Gleitzman Morris

Thursday's Child
Sonya Hartnett

Toad Heaven
Morris Gleitzman

Toad Rage
Morris Gleitzman

Too Small to Fail
Gleitzman Morris



U
Unpolished Gem
Pung Alice



W
Walk In my Shoes
Evans Alwyn

The Way of the Warrior: Young Samurai: Book 1
Bradford Chris

When We Were Two
Newton Robert

Wicked Warriors and Evil Emperors: The True Story of the Fight for Ancient China
Lloyd Alison

Wicked! (Single Volume Containing All Six Parts)
Gleitzman Morris/Jennings Paul

Wildwood
Meloy Colin & Ellis Carson (illus)

Woolvs in the Sitee
Wild Margaret, Spudvilas Anne

The Word Spy
Dubosarsky Ursula, Riddle Tohby (illus)

Worm Story
Gleitzman Morris



Y
The Year of the Tiger
Lloyd Alison

Young Digger
Hill Anthony