Sue Lawson

When the one thing that anchors Alex Hudson to a fragile world is ripped from him, life becomes pointless. He finds himself in hospital recovering from an accident. In the next bed is a girl recovering from cancer. What does the future hold for them both?

You Don't Even Know

Then I found what I was looking for. A photo of a man in army uniform. Written in pencil, on the back of the photo, was Darcy Charles Fletcher, 1941.' By Finding Darcy, Darcy Abbott discovers exactly what she has been searching for all her life - except she didn't know it. From the author of the award-winning Allie McGregor's True Colours comes this powerful story of the damage that secrets can wreak over generations - and the healing liberation of truth.

Finding Darcy

A perceptive and humorous insight into the adolescent world as a young girl struggles to cope with her Mum's cancer, her peer group and her family. Winner of the 2007 Australian Family Therapists' Award for Children's Literature, Older Readers.

Allie McGregor's True Colours

J'en avais jusque-là. Jusque-là de devoir tendre l'oreille pour deviner ce qui se cachait derrière le silence des gens. Jusque-là du refus de ma famille de parler de papa et de Darcy. Jusque-là d'être obligée de fouiner. Fini, les silences et les ombres. Je voulais de l'ouverture, de l'honnêteté. Lorsque sa mère part à l'autre bout du pays pour une formation, Charlie est obligée d'aller vivre chez Cruella et Bécasse, sa grand-mère tyrannique et son arrière-grand-mère toquée. Bientôt, Charlie doit interroger Cruella pour un devoir sur la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Or dans sa famille ce sujet est tabou, et la jeune fille se heurte à un mur de silence. Cependant, elle est bien décidée à percer le secret qui pèse sur sa famille depuis quatre générations...

Le poids du silence

When you're fighting to forget, what would make you remember? Pan Harris is is brash, loud and damaged. Ordered into foster care, Pan is full of anger at the mother who abandoned her, and the older sister who kept her from her father. Pan is certain that she knows the reality of her past - until she meets Hunter, the boy who understands her story better than anyone else, and who just may be the key to unlocking the truth of Pan's memories. But are some memories best left forgotten? And is Hunter worth Pan breaking her most important rule - Never. Trust. Anyone.

Pan's whisper

Fay Muir

A Dictionary of Aboriginal Terms and Phrases

Nganga

When teenager Darcy Abbott is sent to live with her surly grandmother and silent great-grandmother she uncovers a mystery regarding the death of her great-grandfather, Darcy Charles Fletcher, during World War II. In her quest for answers, she discovers exactly what she has been searching for all her life – except she didn’t know it. Finding Darcy is a coming-of-age novel by award-winning Australian author Sue Lawson. This young adult fiction book is about the damage that secrets can wreak over generations – and the healing liberation of truth. Long-listed for a Golden Inky and short-listed for the Children’s Peace Literature Awards. For more realistic YA by Sue, read Allie McGregor’s True Colours, After, Dare You, Pan’s Whisper, Forget Me Not and You Don’t Even Know. Sue’s website is www.suelawson.com.au “This is a special book. The shadows the past casts on one family – and on our society – are brilliantly explored in the voice of a young girl. Sue Lawson manages to weave the profound with the everyday language of a teenager.” Jackie French. “Written in teenage vernacular, humorous and topical, the novel is nevertheless a serious commentary on the effects of name-calling and cyber-bullying on adolescents. The strength of this novel is that it manages to be quite didactic about the issue, as well as the evils of racism and government indifference, while still engaging teenagers in a relevant school scenario. Recommended.” Magpies magazine “Finding Darcy is a compelling journey of discovery … Darcy is a fully-developed, likeable character who struggles to adapt to her challenging new living environment. Issues of family secrets, bullying, racism, small town small-mindedness are all handled realistically and sensitively.” Aussie Reviews “Intense, skilful writing makes this rather serious novel a thoroughly memorable read, provoking the reader to pause and think deeply about the futility, destructiveness and pain of war. As Darcy learns, if we worked a little harder to understand and value one another, the world would be a much more peaceful place in which to live. Highly recommended.” NSW Association of Gifted & Talented Children “Lawson has a beautiful way of sharing her world with the reader and the storyline had me entirely invested in the outcome … The humour, drama and tension of this novel, along with the peppering of our country’s war history, is an amazing read exploring the relationships between four generations of women.” Persnickety Snark “Fiction firmly based in Australian history, Finding Darcy is a book which will help young readers not only understand the effects of war, but maybe understand their own families a little more … From the first page to the last I was extremely moved.” The Reading Stack

Aunty Fay Muir

A tender, thoughtful story reminding us to respect others and respect ourselves. Part of the Our Place series which welcomes children to culture.

Respect

A boy tells about his friends' grandmothers, and finally says how his grandmother is different.

My Gran's Different

Joshua loves his ferrets but his life is turned upside down when his favourite ferret attacks his nose. The school bully challenges Josh to a ferret race, with the winner keeping the other's ferret. This title is aimed at children between the ages of eight and 12.

Ferret Boy

Robbie knows bad things happen in Walgaree. But it's nothing to do with him. That's just the way the Aborigines have always been treated. In the summer of 1965 racial tensions in the town are at boiling point, and something headed Walgaree's way will blow things apart. It's time for Robbie to take a stand. Nothing will ever be the same.

Freedom Ride (16pt Large Print Edition)

When does a dare stop being a game? Ruby, Khaden and Sas have been best friends forever. But they aren't kids anymore. Life has become complicated and it is testing the boundaries of their friendship. Despite the warning signs, their childish games spiral out of control, threatening to unravel the world as they know it. And this time somebody will lose.

Dare You

I am filled with the worst feeling. Everyone says it is the safest, most luxurious ship in the world, but something about it is extremely unsettling." Evelyn Gilmore does not share her brother Thomas’s excitement about travelling on the maiden voyage of the luxurious Titanic. For Evelyn the ship is taking her away from everything she knows and loves. For Thomas it is taking him to his new life. How could they know what the trip would bring?

Forget Me Not

Age range 3 to 9 Family Heart and home Yarning old people Endless sky Family is a thoughtful contemplation for all to learn the different ways that family makes us whole. This beautifully illustrated children's picture book shows everyone that 'family' can be about heart and home; an endless sky; stories and songs. It 'learns' us how to be with each other and with Country. Families come in all shapes and sizes, and this remarkably simple story teaches us all, that family can be many things.

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