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Children need and love to be taken seriously. Their comments on issues ranging from politics to family foibles bristle with ideas and fears, wisdom and confusion, humour and sadness. Children from around the world have their say.
'A shadow, a swift movement, a shout; it was quick. instinctively, she raised her arm to protect herself' Hannah Stanton has no family now, except for these strangers who live among cannibals. Her first impression of the island is of white sand and waving palms but the jungle hides deception and death. Who is the mysterious figure watching from the darkness and will Hannah's defiant spirit wither under the glare of her missionary uncle and aunt? Hannah needs all her strength to survive baptism of fire.
It's 1928 and the Australian waterfront has come to a standstill. There's a strike! And George Dobson knows that when his father is arrested, the whole family will end up paying. Workers have rights, but the battle line are drawn and it's the bosses against workers, workers against scabs. One minute a scab is someone who takes your job when you're on strike: a faceless, brainless traitor with no backbone. The next it's all different. A scab is someone with a name, a home and a family. What happens when, suddenly on a matter of principle, your enemy turns out to be someone you've been calling a friend?
There it is again. That voice. What is it, who is it? It seemed to come from inside my own head. Tenille has a close encounter with a strange being called Zem. Closer than she could ever imagine. Sinister scientists are hunting her. She needs to outrun them. Outwit them. My head spins as I imagine bulky men in black smashing down the front door. Have they discovered my secret?
Audrey is Australia’s response to Pippi Longstocking. Determined, mischievous, imaginative and inquisitive, Audrey's Big Secret will have every girl in the country, wishing she were a swaggie.
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Jesse Sharpe, child prodigy and orphan, is an agent for C2, a secret organization. It is hard to separate the bad guys from the good in a world of secrets. And this time, Jesse begins to doubt herself. Has C2 forced her to act against her own good instincts and turned her into a heartless monster?
These six short plays for middle-school students are based on previously published short stories for adolescents by the author.
Open the fortune cookies and read your future - and your past...Sarah has nightmares, Huong is threatened, Miki longs to follow her dreams, but she might destroy the dreams of those close to her, Lacey is haunted by memories, Halil's father disappears, the daughter of Ta-wha risks darkness and wild animals for a taste of freedom.Sometimes funny, sometimes heartachingly sad, in 'Fortune Cookies' Christine Harris gently lifts aside the familiar imagery of places like China, Vietnam, Singapore, Korea, the Philippines, Bali, Australia and allows us to share the reality of lives that are at best only half understood.
See how much of a difference a monogram makes on a sweater, an initial on a boy's blanket, or the initials of a bride and groom on a ring cushion. The designs here are more creative than the usual alphabets used in embroidery. Photos and diagrams will guide you from A to Z! 72 pages (26 in color), 26 b/w illus., 6 1/2 x 6 1/2.