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By the Sandhills of Yamboorah by Reginald Ottley
Category: Fiction | Series: UQP Children's Classics Ser.
In this timeless story, a boy struggles to come to terms with the loneliness of the Australian outback and the ruthlessness of living and working on a remote property. With Brolga the cattle dog and her pup Rags as his only companions, the boy begins a journey of self- discovery. Ages 9-14
Pastures of the Blue Crane by Hesba Brinsmead; Clare Bradford (Foreword by)
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: UQP Children's Classics Ser.
Now back in print - One of Australia's most loved children's booksBrought up in the solitary environment of exclusive boarding schools, Ryl has learned to be independent, but when her mysterious father dies, her whole world changes. Part of her inheritance is a half-share in a dilapidated farm which she ...Show more
Tangara by Nan Chauncy
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: UQP Children's Classics Ser.
Great-great aunt Rita's old shell neclklace carries a power that Lexie can't possibly know. Then, when it leads to a new friend, she and Merrina enter the secret gully where Merrina's people live. But the gully holds a terrible secret, as old as the necklace itself. Will Lexie be strong enough to surviv ...Show more
The Nargun and the Stars by Patricia Wrightson
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: UQP Children's Classics Ser.
When Simon Brent's parents are killed in a car accident he is taken to live with his mother's second cousins, Edie and Charlie, on on Wongadilla, their 500 acre sheep run in the Hunter Valley. Simon with his city attitudes feels like an outsider, unable even to bring himself to call his cousins by name. ...Show more
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