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Language
English
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"It is 1936 and Nancy Wake is an intrepid Australian expat living in Paris who has bluffed her way into a reporting job for Hearst newspaper when she meets the wealthy French industrialist Henri Fiocca. No sooner does Henri sweep Nancy off her feet and convince her to become Mrs. Fiocca than the Germans invade France and she takes yet another name: a code name." -- Amazon.
Author
Description
"It is 1936 and Nancy Wake is an intrepid Australian expat living in Paris who has bluffed her way into a reporting job for Hearst newspaper when she meets the wealthy French industrialist Henri Fiocca. No sooner does Henri sweep Nancy off her feet and convince her to become Mrs. Fiocca than the Germans invade France and she takes yet another name: a code name." -- Amazon.
Author
Lexile measure
HL 750L
Language
English
Formats
Description
It is 1885, and a crippling drought threatens to ruin the McBride family. Their land is parched, their cattle starving. When the rain finally comes, it is a miracle that renews their hope for survival. But returning home from an afternoon swimming at a remote waterhole filled by the downpour, fourteen-year-old Tommy and sixteen-year-old Billy meet with a shocking tragedy.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When a strapping young Australian named Jack MacBride arrives in Finch to wrap up his late uncle's affairs, heads turn in the sleepy English village. But when Lori volunteers to help Jack clear out his uncle's overgrown garden, they discover something even more shocking than a stranger turning up in Finch. After Lori laughingly tosses a coin into the garden's old well and makes a wish, she is baffled to find that the wish seems to have come true....
5) The boy toy
Author
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
343 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"For almost a decade, successful thirty-seven-year-old Samira Broderick has used her bustling Los Angeles practice as an excuse to avoid a trip home to Australia. She still resents her meddling Indian mother for arranging her marriage to a man who didn't stick around when the going got tough, but now with a new job Down Under, she's finally ready to reconnect with her. And while she's there, a hot international fling might be just what she needs to...
Author
Publisher
Fremantle Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (375 pages) : map, genealogical table
Language
English
Description
Janey, Jimmy, Tich, Buddy, and Dancer are all cousins who play in a band together. When a real-estate developer plans to buy Eagle Beach, the kids come up with a plan to save the beach.
9) The Coves
Author
Publisher
Fremantle Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
San Francisco, 1849: a place gripped by gold fever, swarming with desperate men come to seek their fortune. Among them are former convicts, Australians quick to seize control in a town without masters, a town for the taking. Into this world steps an Australian boy in search of his mother. Just twelve years old, and all alone in a time of opportunism, loyalty and violent betrayal, Samuel Bellamy must learn to become one of the Sydney Coves if he is...
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Lexile measure
HL 700L
Language
English
Description
Twins Justine and Perry have left their home in Australia and embarked on the road trip of a lifetime in the Pacific Northwest. It's been a year since their dad lost his battle with cancer and Justine became the sole caregiver for her autistic brother, Perry. Now Perry has been accepted into an assisted-living residence in their hometown, Brisbane, Australia, but before he takes up residence, they're seeking to create the perfect memory. For Perry,...
11) Red Can Origami
Author
Publisher
Fremantle Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (221 pages)
Language
English
Description
Ava has just landed a job as a reporter in Gubinge, a tiny tropical town in Australia's north. Gubinge has a way of getting under the skin. Ava is hooked on the thrill of going hand-to-hand with barramundi, awed by country, and stunned by pindan sunsets. But a bitter collision between a native title group and a Japanese-owned uranium mining company is ripping the community in half. From the rodeos and fishing holes of northern Australia, to the dazzling...
12) My sister Rosa
Author
Publisher
Soho Teen
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
HL 490L
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When his father's business takes the family to New York City, a seventeen-year-old Australian boy must balance his desire to protect his ten-year-old sister, a diagnosable psychopath, from the world with the desperate need to protect the world from her.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Presents
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
251 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Seven years ago, Judah Blake took the fall for a crime he didn't commit to save Bridie Starr. Now his family's land is in her hands, and to reclaim his slice of the Australian outback, he's got an announcement! Photographer Bridie has always idolized Judah, to whom she owes her life. Until the moment he springs a very public engagement on her! As they thrash out the terms of their new relationship, she will have to reckon with the untamable attraction...
Author
Publisher
HarperVia
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First HarperVia edition.
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"'A profound allegory of good and evil, and a deep exploration of human interaction, black and white, alternately beautiful and tender, cruel and unsettling.'-Guardian Australia's leading indigenous storyteller makes his American debut with this immersive and deeply resonant novel, set in the 1960s, that explores the lengths we'll go to save the people we love-an unforgettable story of one native Australian family and the racist government that threatens...
15) The broken shore
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
357 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Shaken by a scrape with death, big-city detective Joe Cashin is posted away from the homicide squad to the quiet town on the South Australian coast where he grew up. Carrying physical scars and not a little guilt, he spends his time playing the country cop, walking his dogs, and thinking about how it all was before. When a prominent local person is attacked and left for dead, Cashin is thrust into what becomes a murder investigation. The evidence...
16) Terra Nullius
Author
Publisher
Small Beer Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The Natives of the Colony are restless. The Settlers are eager to have a nation of peace and to bring the savages into line. Families are torn apart. Reeducation is enforced. This rich land will provide for all. This is not the Australia we know. This is not the Australia of the history books. Terra Nullius is something new, but all too familiar. Terra Nullius is an incredible debut from a striking new Australian Aboriginal voice. Jacky was running....
17) Aussie rules
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's fair to say that gutsy pilot Mel Anderson is happier in the air than on the ground. But she also has to clean up after her disorganized best friend and business partner and keep an eye on their employees, who tend to make more work than they get done. Now, the one man she hoped she'd never see again is back and looking for trouble. The kind of trouble that keeps Mel grounded in a most unexpectedly pleasurable way ... Bo Black wants his family's...
18) Reef of death
Author
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
177 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
While helping a beautiful Aboriginal girl search for her people's missing treasure near the Great Barrier Reef, seventeen-year-old PC finds himself fighting an evil scientist and a deadly underwater monster.
Author
Publisher
Push
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
239 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's a hot summer, and life's going all right for Jackson and his family on the Mish. It's almost Christmas, school's out, and he's hanging with his mates, teasing the visiting tourists, avoiding the racist boys in town. Just like every year, Jackson's Aunty and annoying little cousins visit from the city--but this time a mysterious boy with a troubled past comes with them. As their friendship evolves, Jackson must confront the changing shapes of...
20) Gunshot Road
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Emily Tempest is appointed Aboriginal Community Police Officer for the Moonlight Downs station. Investigating the possible murder of an elderly geologist, she encounters Danny, an emotionally fragile Stonehouse mob teenager who is traumatized by the image of "poison flowing green." The terrain of Australia, a Japanese rock garden painter, a rash of unexplained illnesses and the implausibility of two elderly friends killing each other present Emily...