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Honey Spot
Jack Davis, Ellen José
language (Currency Press, June 14, 2018)The friendship between an Aboriginal boy and a white girl raises issues of race in a touching story of two families who seem to have nothing in common ... until danger strikes and forces them to face their prejudices. Illustrated by Ellen José.
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Stolen
Jane Harrison
Paperback (Currency Press Pty Ltd, Dec. 1, 2006)'Stolen' tells of five Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their families, brought up in a repressive children's home and trained for domestic service and other menial jobs. Segregated from their community, after their release they begin their journey 'home', not all of them successfully.
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Two Weeks with The Queen: the play
Mary Morris, Morris Gleitzman
eBook (Currency Press, June 13, 2018)Colin has a mission. He wants to speak to the Queen about his brother Luke who has cancer. Cousin Alistair would like to help but stress brings on his dandruff. Colin takes the lock off the back door and heads out alone. Adapted from the best-selling novel by Morris Gleitzman.
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Boy Overboard: the play
Patricia Cornelius, Morris Gleitzman
language (Currency Press, June 13, 2018)A story of adventure, ball control and hope.Jamal and Bibi have a dream. To lead Australia to soccer glory at the next World Cup. But first they must face landmines, pirates, storms and assassins. Can Jamal and his family survive their incredible journey and get to Australia? Adapted for the stage by Patricia Cornelius from Morris Gleitzman's best-selling novel, Boy Overboard depicts a deeply human side of the 'asylum seeker' issue by following the journey of Jamal and Bibi from Afghanistan to Australia. Based on real-life events, this is a moving play about young people overcoming the confusion of war, politics and the search for a safe haven.
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Puberty Blues
Nell Schofield
Paperback (Currency Press Pty Ltd, )None
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Children of the Black Skirt
Angela Betzien
Paperback (Currency Press Pty Ltd, March 1, 2005)A visually and aurally evocative play exploring themes of history, reconciliation and the cathartic power of storytelling. This new gothic fairytale for young people tells a history of Australia through the eyes of children, from convict times, to early white occupation to the vast era of the Stolen Generation to World War Two and beyond.
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Stolen
Harrison J
Paperback (Currency Press Pty Ltd, Jan. 1, 1998)None
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Voices Project 2014
Jake Brain
Paperback (Currency Press Pty Ltd, March 3, 2014)None
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Honey Spot
Jack Davis
Paperback (Currency Press Pty Ltd, March 10, 1988)Deals with the issues of race relations and conservation of our environment (1 man, 1 woman, 2 boys, 1 girl).
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Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo
Paige Gibbs
Paperback (Currency Press Pty Ltd, April 24, 1996)Lockie Leonard, the human torpedo, has arrived in town. He gives teachers a tough time, and surfs like there is no tomorrow. But no one wants to know the city kid whose Dad is a cop and who doesn't believe in violence. That is, until Lockie becomes the president of the new surfers club and the boyfriend of the most popular girl in the school.
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St James Infirmary
Nick Enright
(Currency Press Pty Ltd, July 1, 1993)[ ST. JAMES INFIRMARY BY ENRIGHT, NICK](AUTHOR)PAPERBACK
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House on Fire
Debra Oswald
Paperback (Currency Press Pty Ltd, May 1, 2011)None
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