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Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
31 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
When Ernie leaves the city and goes to live in the Aboriginal reserve of Arnhem Land, he sends letters to his old classmates describing the activities of his new friends.
64) Mirror
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Conspiracy 365. Original series volume 9
Publisher
Kane Miller
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First American paperback edition.
Physical Desc
181 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Cal teams up with Boges to plant a listening bug in Oriana's house to extract vital information.
67) Magic lessons
Author
Series
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
275 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When fifteen-year-old Reason is pulled through the magical door connecting New York City with the Sydney, Australia, home of her grandmother, she encounters an impossibly ancient man who seems to have some purpose in mind for her.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
138 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Following her parents separation, twelve-year-old Rain moves with her mother to the country, where she befriends the unpopular boy who lives next door and also seeks a way to cope with her feelings toward her father and his new girlfriend.
Author
Series
Conspiracy 365. Original series volume 7
Publisher
Kane Miller
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First American paperback edition.
Physical Desc
181 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
How can Cal find out more about Piers Ormond's will if he is stuck on a fishing boat after becoming indebted to the captain. If he can find his great-aunt Millicent he may have a better chance of finding the will. But should he expose another relative to danger?
Author
Series
Conspiracy 365. Original series volume 12
Publisher
Kane Miller
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
239 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Cal Ormond travels to Ireland in search of the final clues to his father's death. He must reach the Ormond Singularity before the stroke of midnight. In the final days of this deadly 365-day countdown, it is clear that any second could be his last.
Author
Series
Flat Stanley's worldwide adventures volume 8
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
87 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
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.
72) Moonrunner
Author
Publisher
Kane/Miller Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
217 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
It is the 1890s. Twelve-year-old Casey has just moved to Australia. He misses his home in Montana and his friends. But most of all he misses the wild mustangs. When Casey discovers a herd of wild brumbies, he develops a special bond with a stallion, Moonrunner, that changes his life.
Author
Series
Conspiracy 365. Original series volume 4
Publisher
Kane Miller
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First American paperback edition.
Physical Desc
181 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A high-speed chase gone wrong leaves Cal exposed to Oriana's thugs. If captured, all hope of solving the Ormond Singularity and having a normal life again disappears. He has to get away, but how can he leave an innnocent man to drown?
74) Bright star
Author
Publisher
Kane/Miller Book Publishers
Pub. Date
1997.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
When she meets the famous Australian astronomer John Tebbutt, Alicia realizes that she is no longer doomed to a life of needlework and milking cows but that her future is as limitless as the stars.
Author
Series
Adam Sharp volume 6
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
43 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old secret agent Adam Sharp travels to Australia where, with the assistance of Alice Springs and a washed-up TV star, he tracks down the evil mastermind behind a plan to block all television stations except his own--The Happy Channel.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
221 pages : geneological table ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Lured to their sick Uncle Silas's home under the pretense of becoming heirs to his vast fortune, cousins Adele, Isabella, and Milo soon learn that the old man has a diabolical plan to prevent his own death.
Author
Series
Conspiracy 365. Original series volume 6
Publisher
Kane Miller
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First American paperback edition.
Physical Desc
181 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
With seconds to spare, Cal escapes from the burning wreck of the Orca. Helicopters search from the sky while Oriana's thugs chase on foot. There's no time to think about his dead great-uncle-- Cal must dodge the cops and crim's and return to his pursuit of the Ormond Jewel.
78) Wombat divine
Author
Language
English
Description
Wombat auditions for the Nativity play, but has trouble finding the right part.
79) Crow country
Author
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
238 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Sadie isn't thrilled when her mother drags her from the city to live in the country town of Boort. But she soon starts making connections - connections with the country, with the past, with two boys, Lachie and Walter, and, most surprisingly, with the every-present crows. When Sadie is tumbled back in time to view a terrible crime, she is pulled into a strange mystery. Can Sadie, Walter and Lachie figure out a way to right old wrongs, or will they...
Author
Series
Warrior Sheep volume 4
Publisher
Jelly Pie
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
214 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
This is the fourth hilarious adventure in the brilliant Warrior Sheep series. The whole world is in danger ...because of an egg! Sal thinks it's a dragon's egg. Wills thinks it's a dinosaur egg. Whatever it is, the Warrior Sheep know one thing for certain ...it must never hatch! The Warriors are rampaging through the Isle of Wight, on their most dangerous quest yet. They must be brave. They must be bold. But above all, they must be absolutely baaarmy!...
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