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Autism Awareness April – Tara Kelly – Harmonic Feedback
This novel was a reassuring discovery, after the joy of Marcelo in the real world and My Life as an alphabet, I ditched a number of books because they started with death, or head flushing and were too depressing and perhaps confronting for me to continue. However, not so Harmonic Feedback. I found the … Continue reading
Autism Awareness April – Francisco X. Stork – Marcelo in the real world
This book has a similar richness as My life as an alphabet but is for a more mature teen audience (language, sex references). Marcelo (pronounced Marselo) has autism- like condition that is somewhat similar to Asperger’s syndrome (Marcelo’s own explanation). He has been sheltered throughout his 17 years through attending a special school (Paterson) where … Continue reading
Autism Awareness April – My life as an alphabet – Barry Jonsberg
I know this might seem tacky to some but once I read this book, I struggled to work out how I could fit it into my blog. Whilst it could be classified as a family relations novel – I was past February for it is to be family Feb so I wondered about April. Luckliy … Continue reading
Mystery March – Michael Wagner – Destiny’s Right Hand
I think this book is an excellent bridge between Mystery March and Autism Awareness April as it has elements of both. Set in Melbourne, Destiny’s Right Hand is about a teenage boy, Eddie, who meets Destiny whilst she was unsuccessfully shoplifting. He notices her anguish, confusion and lack of confidence in what she was doing … Continue reading
Mystery March – Steven Herrick – Cold Skin
Cold Skin is my first verse novel. I have never been into poetry and as a consequence baulked at verse novels but owing to an author visit decided to promote this book and verse novels to my students. I found the support notes on the Allen and Unwin site really useful in scaffolding my reading and ultimately … Continue reading
Mystery March – Burning Blue – Paul Griffin
How far would you go for love, beauty, and jealousy? When Nicole Castro, the most beautiful girl in her wealthy New Jersey high school, is splashed with acid on the left side of her perfect face, the whole world takes notice. But quiet loner Jay Nazarro does more than that–he decides to find out … Continue reading
Mystery March – Picture Books and other for younger children
I have been thinking about Mystery March and kids picture books etc. How the descriptions they include add to the mystery/plot. So I started a list of possibilities – I have compiled them from various recommendations. Graeme Base – Enigma Scotton – Secret Agent Splat Rod Clement – Grandad’s teeth Duncan Ball – Emily Eyefinger series Scooby Doo … Continue reading
Mystery March – Robin Bowles
Okay, I admit it! I have been a bad book blogger…… it appears as if I haven’t read anything for three months! Not true, I just haven’t blogged for three months, I was a bit over the restriction of a genre for each month. Not sure how I am going to get around it in the … Continue reading
Ned Kelly November – Peter Carey, Robert Drewe and Noelene Allen
For my last stand in Ned Kelly November, I thought I would look at some adult books on Ned (one biography, two fiction) . The first was a biography on Ned’s Mother by Noelene Allen Ellen A Woman of Spirit. This was very sympathetic to Ellen Kelly and doesn’t present her as the ‘desperate for … Continue reading
Ned Kelly November – Ned Kelly’s Secret
Sophie Masson – Ned Kelly’s Secret – from boy to bushranger Hugo and his father are travelling through Australia, on the trail of tales of the gold rush. But after they’re ambushed on the road by the notorious outlaw Harry Power, they decide to chase something wilder and far more exciting – the stories of … Continue reading
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Soveriegn Hill Education
- Digging into Our Putrid Past: Goldfields Hygiene
- SUSTAINABILITY, Waste Not – Want Not!
- Blueprints for a Better Society: The Forgotten Legacy of Mechanics’ Institutes
- François Cogné and the Making of Main Street
- The Voyage that Changed a Life: Letters and Diaries from the Goldfields Passage
- Every Donkey Has Its Day
- Coachbuilder Mr W. Proctor
- The Goldfields according to Gill
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