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Winner Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year for Older Readers. A gripping thriller from Isobelle Carmody, acclaimed author of Billy Thunder and the Night Gate and the Little Fur series (also available from Bolinda Audio). Outside the wind was blowing the wrong wa...y and the world was filled with the smell of death ...Something is wrong at Cheshunt. Nathanial feels it the moment he arrives. It is not the model neighbourhood it appears to be - strange things happen, despite the curfew. And soon Nathanial learns that his presence is no accident. As the dark calls its own, so does the light draw its champions, and Nathanial finds he must confront phantoms from his own past in his battle to stop the Gathering and its creator. The suspense never slackens ...Utterly riveting. - Publishers Weekly (starred review) Superbly crafted - School Library Journal A very scary novel, reminiscent of the Stepford Wives , about a community under the control of a strange power that demands obedience. - Magpies
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MP3 bind-up edition of Books 1 - 3 in the award-winning trilogy by James Moloney. When Dougy's sister Gracey is picked for the state athletic championships not everybody in their small bush town is pleased. The championships change everything for Gracey and trigger dramatic event...s in the town too. In the end, it's up to Dougy to save his family - and to prove himself. Gracey's come home to Cunningham on holidays. But now she's a state athletics champion and a private school student, and everything looks different - even frightening. Part history, part mystery, Gracey is a challenging story about the past and the present, murder and compassion, and black and white identity. Angela and Gracey were going to be best friends forever and make it into the same university as carefree first year students. But whilst Angela falls in love for the first time, Gracey is drawn into black politics and their friendship drifts apart. Then Angela discovers that she too has a heritage - one her family would sooner deny. The conflict of the past possesses the power to draw the friends together but it could easily blow them apart forever.
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Gracey's come home to Cunningham on holidays. But now she's a state athletics champion and a private school student, and everything looks different - even frightening. Part history, part mystery, Gracey is a challenging story about the past and the present, murder and compassion,... and black and white identity. Gracey is the second book in James Moloney's award winning trilogy, beginning with Dougy and ending with Angela.
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When Dougy's sister Gracey is picked for the state athletic 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 drama...tic events in the town too: black and white relations reach explosion point. The time is ripe for the mysterious Moodagudda to seek a victim ...In the end, it's up to Dougy to save his family - and prove himself. Dougy is the first book in James Moloney's award-winning trilogy which is completed by Gracey and Angela.
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When a school bus crashes, Jake takes control. He saves the bus driver, calms the other kids, deals with threatening wildlife - and that's just the beginning!
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Killer boots, all right. They'd kicked some wicked goals, but Greg was worried. It'd kill him if he had to give them back, and if things went real bad, his mum would kill him too.
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The leap Greg took was quicker and higher than any he'd made going for a mark. If he'd taken air in a game, this time he took ozone. It was for the most important jump he'd ever make. It saved his life.
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When a school bus crashes, Jake takes control. He saves the bus driver, calms the other kids, deals with threatening wildlife - and that's just the beginning!
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Killer boots, all right. They'd kicked some wicked goals, but Greg was worried. It'd kill him if he had to give them back, and if things went real bad, his mum would kill him too.
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The leap Greg took was quicker and higher than any he'd made going for a mark. If he'd taken air in a game, this time he took ozone. It was for the most important jump he'd ever make. It saved his life.
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