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Beyond the Boundaries by Jackie French
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Bluegum S.
The farm - it was now all his, held in trust till he was twenty-one. But it would still be in trust. That's what it meant to own the farm - you held it in trust, you looked after it, you cherished it. You were the guardian, like all the other guardians, stretching back in time ...The boundaries were mor ...Show more
Billabong Gold by Mary Grant Bruce
Category: Children's | Series: Bluegum Classic Ser.
It is the height of the gold rush when Dick and his sister Betty make their first visit to stay at Billabong and encounter rather more excitement than they'd bargained for. News of the gold strike has brought hopeful prospectors into the Billabong hills, among them an unscrupulous ex-prize fighter named ...Show more
I Love You, Jason Delaney by Diana Kidd
Category: Children's | Series: Bluegum S.
Ali's never been kissed and sometimes she wonders if anyone will ever want to kiss her. If Aunt Mim was still alive, she'd tell Ali not to worry but now that she's gone, Ali's lost her best friend and her dad's lost the only mother he's ever known.
Leaving it to You by Wendy Orr
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Bluegum S.
Linda sighed. It was even worse than she'd imagined. She rather visit the dentist than visit some old person she didn't even know! Her teacher dreamed up this great idea of visiting old people in the community and she was stuck with cranky old Mrs Pugh. However Linda soon becomes fascinated by this ind ...Show more
Princess Priscilla by Stacey Apeitos
Category: Herron Books | Series: Picture Bluegum Ser.
Priscilla is bored because everyone in the castle is just too busy to spend time with her. When the dragon wakes up looking for breakfast though, only Priscilla knows how to fend him off. She makes a big pile of pancakes laced with sleeping potion, but how can she get the dragon eat the pancakes? Ages: ...Show more
Rain Stones by Jackie French
Category: Fiction | Series: Bluegum S.
the country Helen loves has been dry for nearly half her life. Can her entreaties to Mr Sarancen persuade him to invoke the power of the rain stones as his Aboriginal ancestors did to bring water to this parched land? 'Rain Stones' and the other stories in this collection reveal that the country is a ma ...Show more
Somewhere Round the Corner by Jackie French
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Bluegum Ser.
Barbara, caught up in a demonstration, goes round the corner and arrives in the 1930s in another demonstration. In this time-shift story a homeless girl finds a home and family in the midst of the worst depression. Her new family live at Poverty Gully - a camp in the central tablelands of NSW.
Summerland by Jackie French
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Young Bluegum S.
Iddy cannot remember her name, or where she comes from, or anything about her people. But she finds understanding and friends in the peace and calm of Summerland. Her friends are reassuring - Iddy will remember, when she is ready. In the Summerland the dragons eat mosquitoes and unicorns prune the apple ...Show more
That Magnetic Dog by Bruce Whatley
Category: Herron Books | Series: Picture Bluegum Ser.
Skitty is a very special dog - she's magnetic. But instead of attracting metal, she attracts food. All kinds of food, even peas! Ages 3+ Skitty is a very special dog - she's magnetic. But instead of attracting metal, she attracts food. All kinds of food, even peas! *Shortlisted, Young Adults Best Book A ...Show more
The Tram to Bondi Beach by Libby Hathorn
Category: Graphic Novels | Series: Bluegum S.
A story of a young boy's adventures working as a paperboy on the busy trams, travelling to Bondi Beach. It was Kieran's dream to be a paperboy and when he finally gets the chance finds it's not as easy as he thought it would be but with his friend Saxon teaching him the ropes he eventually gets the oppo ...Show more
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