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Boys and Books: Building a Culture of Reading around Our Boys by James Moloney
Category: Fiction
The declining literacy standard in boys is an issue causing widespread concern, with reports on the topic featuring everywhere from parenting and educational magazines to prime-time current affairs shows. This book looks at why boys don't read, and why they should, and offers practical solutions.
Bridget: A New Australian by James Moloney
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: New Australian
Bridget's family has been turned out of their home during the Irish potato famine and their only refuge is the workhouse where living conditions are hard and freezing and the food sparse. There is one chance for Bridget and her sister - to take a ship to a new country and become Australians. But will th ...Show more
Buzzard Breath & Brains by James Moloney
Category: Children's
When the Principal's prized rose garden was vandalised, Rex and his mate tony copped the blame. But it was a set up and Tony is "making enquiries". Rex's cousin Natalie is on the case as well... Shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Younger Readers 1999. A funny and poignant companion to James Moloney' ...Show more
Disappearing Act by James Moloney
Category: Junior Fiction
Romantic and intriguing, DISAPPEARING ACT is another compelling book to add to James's growing canon of work with HCPA. Ages: 12+ Matt Cooper is twelve, and spends quite a bit of his time honing his magic skills and tricks. He doesn't realise that his great-grandfather, Mattheus Coperneau, was a profess ...Show more
Do You Dare? The Last Horse Race by James Moloney
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Do You Dare?
Do you dare stick up for your mates? Ride a horse at breakneck speed? Risk your life for freedom?Within the rough and ready frontier settlement of Moreton Bay (which later became the city of Brisbane), Toby and his mates roam free, and linger at the fringes of the grown-up world. They are particularly i ...Show more
Doomsday: Doomsday Rats #5 by James Moloney
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Doomsday Rats Ser.
This final episode of the Doomsday Rats series draws the adventure to a dramatic climax. The rats take on their arch enemy, Malig Tumora in a struggle to the death. Ages 10+.
Dougy by James Moloney
Category: Fiction | Series: UQP young adult fiction
When Dougy's sister Gracey is picked for the state athletics championships, not everybody in their small bush town is pleased. "Aborigines get special treatment", some of the angry white people say - "It's not fair!" The championships change everything for Gracey and trigger dramatic events in the town ...Show more
Dougy by James Moloney
Category: Children's | Series: The Gracey Stories
When Dougy's sister Gracey is picked for the Sale athletics championships, not everybody in their small bush town is pleased. "Aborigines get special treatment," some of the angry white people say. "it's not fair!" The championships change everything for Gracey and trigger dramatic events in the town to ...Show more
Driving the Fishy Frog (Aussie Chomps) by James Moloney
Category: Children's | Series: Aussie Chomps
Ben and his older brother Ash agree on only one thing: their fishing trip in Grandad's 4WD, the Fishy Frog, is going to be fantastic. But when things go dangerously wrong, can they put aside their differences and save Grandad's life?