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THE LION, WITCH AND THE WARDROBE by CS Lewis (Novel)

Four children discover the magiccal world of Narnia by entering a wardrobe. Narnia is being controlled by the evil White Witch. The children join forces with Aslan the King of narnia to battle the White Witch.

THE HOBBIT by J R Tolkien (Novel)

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit. Hobbits are generally homebodies and don't like adventures. However, the wizard Gandalf persuades Bilbo to accompany him on a mission to save the dwarves gold. The gold was stolen 600 years ago and now guarded by Smaug an evil dragon on Lonely Mountain.

THE SECRET GARDEN by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Novel)

Mary is an orphan sent home to England from India. Mary doesn't like her new home but befriends a local boy Dickon who loves animals. While investigating the secrets of the strange house, Mary discovers her cousin Colin who is an invalid and a secret garden. Together the three friends restore the secret garden. As the garden returns to life, Colin's health is also miraculously restored.

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Anna and Mark start telling stories while waiting for the school bus. Anna tells a story about Heidi, Hitler's daughter, who grew up in Germany during World War II and was smuggled out of Germany and sent to Australia at the end of the war. Is Heidi really Hitler's daughter or was it just a story Anna made up?

MIKE by Brian Caswell (Novel)

Mike and his mother have moved from Melbourne to Boundary Park in outer Sydney. At his new school Mike is bullied by Shane. Then Mike meets Riny his new neighbour and together they plan to help Mike overcome his fears. First book in a trilogy. The other titles are Maddie and Lisdalia.

CAPTAIN MACK by James Roy (Novel)

Danny is being bullied at school. He forms an unlikely friendship with Captain Mack. Captain Mackis an 84 year old war veteran who lives in a nursing home. He thinks his nursing home is a Prisoner of War Camp and convinces Danny to help him escape.

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Zlata Filopovic was a normal happy 11 year old living in the city of Sarajevo until war broke out in 1992 .This novel tells the true story of daily life in Sarajevo during the Bosnian War, through the eyes of eleven year old Zlata . Zlata tells of the horror of the death of a friend, food shortages and of days spent in fear, hiding with her family in a cellar, to escape the bombing and shelling of her neighbourhood.

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (Novel)
Read this true story of a young jewish girl and her family who are in hiding from the Nazis in World War II.
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Sarah loves making lists. She likes everything to be neat and tidy. She hates boarding school and having to spend her school holidays with her embarrassingly untidy aunts at Avian Cottage. She can't wait to move in to a beautiful city appartment with her dad and her new stepmother Piriel Star. Then she'll have a perfect family life or will she?

THE BIG BAZHOOLEY by Peter CAREY (Junior Novel)

Would you like to win Powerball or Lotto? Sam Kellow's family are down to their last fifty three dollars and twenty cents. In the corridors of a hotel in Toronto, Sam meets Nasty Muriel, Droopy George and their son Wilfred. Read how Sam and his new friends try to win the Big Bazoohley and save his family from financial ruin. Very funny!


THE ILLUSTRATED MUM by Jacqueline WILSON (Novel)

Dolphin and and her big sister Star live in a flat with their Mum, Marigold- the brightest and most beautiful mother in the whole world. Dolphin loves her mum, but sometimes Star wishes she had an ordinary mum - not one who is covered in tattooos and often stays out partying until late. Another wonderful family story from the author of Double Act and The True Story of Tracey Beaker.

ERMYNTRUDE TAKES CHARGE by Gary DISHER (Junior Novel)

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THE INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD by Lynne Reid Banks (Novel)

Omri and Patrick have some amazing adventures with a tiny toy indian brave and a cowboy who magically come to life when placed in an old medicine cabinet. It becomes increasingly difficult to keep the peace between Patrick's cowboy and Omri's indian and to keep their amazing secret safe from others at home and school. Once you've read this book you'll want to read the whole Indian in the Cupboard series.

NIM'S ISLAND by Wendy Orr (Junior Novel)

Nim lives on an island in the middle of the wide blue sea with her father Jack, a marine iguana called Fred, a sea lion called Selkie, her laptop and a satellite dish for her email. When Jack doesn't return from one of his sailing trips, Nim has to be very brave. Who will come to help her?
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This story is an imaginative sequel to the Pied Piper of Hamelin, in which we explore what might have happend to the lame boy. In this version, the boy becomes the apprentice of the Piper and sets out on his quest to find the missing children.

ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES Illustrated by Margaret Early

One of the most popular of all the tales of the Arabian Nights. It is a wondrous story, full of excitement and suspense - will Ali Baba manage to escape the terrible revenge of the robbers and their chief? But the real hero of this story is the clever servant, Morgiana, whose quick thinking saves Ali Baba's life.

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