Here you will find bibliographic and copyright
information plus book covers, for each title in the Older Readers category, as well as links to reviews, authors, Book Raps and
teaching notes.
Note: Some of these books are for mature readers |
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of the Year: Older Readers |
 Sonya
Hartnett - The ghost's child
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Older
Reader Notable Books 2008
Reviews in the CMIS Resource Bank |
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displays based on shortlisted books |
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French, Jackie
Pharaoh: the Boy who conquered
the Nile
Angus&Robertson, 2007
ISBN 978-0-2072-0082-3
SCIS No: 1311330
Price: pbk $15.99
CMIS Review: Pharaoh
Student Review: YARA [Choose
Australian titles and then click on Pharaoh:
the Boy who conquered the Nile from
the Shortlist]
Teachers' Guide: HarperCollins website
Author Website: Jackie French
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Shortlist |
HarperCollinsAustralia
Cover from Pharaoh: the Boy who conquered
the Nile
© Jackie French, 2007
© Cover images and design: Shuttercock, Getty Images, HarperCollins Design Studio
Reproduced by permission of the publisher |
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Hartnett, Sonya
The ghost’s child
Viking, 2007
ISBN 978-0-670-02945-7
SCIS No: 1323866
Price: hbk $24.95
CMIS Review: The ghost's child
Student Review: YARA [Choose
Australian titles and then click on The ghost’s child from
the Shortlist]
Teachers' notes: Penguin website
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Winner |
Penguin Group (Australia)
Cover from The ghost’s child
© Sonya Hartnett, 2007
© Cover design by Marina Messiha, Illustration by Katharina Leuzinger
Reproduced by permission of the publisher |
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Heffernan, John
Marty’s shadow
Omnibus
Books, 2007
ISBN 978-1-86291-732-3
SCIS No: 1319690
Price: pbk $17.99
CMIS Review: Marty’s shadow
Student Review: YARA [Choose
Australian titles and then click on Marty’s shadow from
the Shortlist]
Author's comments: Spudplus.com
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Honour Book |
Omnibus Books
Omnibus Books are published by Scholastic Australia
Cover from Marty’s shadow
Text copyright © John Heffernan, 2007
Cover photograph copyright © istockphoto.com/Amanda
Rohde, 2007
Cover design copyright © Omnibus Books, 2007
Reproduced by permission of the publisher |
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McDonald, Meme
Love like water
Allen and Unwin, 2007
ISBN 9781741148855
SCIS No: 1301564
Price: pbk $19.95
Rev Ed. ISBN 9781741756388
SCIS No: 1368091
NB: Contains 5 extra paragraphs at the end
CMIS Review:
Student Reviews: YARA [Choose
Australian titles and then click on Love like water from
the Shortlist]
Author Website: Meme McDonald
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Shortlist |
Allen
and Unwin
Cover from Love like water
© Meme McDonald, 2007
© Cover design by Kate Mitchell Design
Reproduced by permission of the publisher |
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Metzenthen, David
Black water
Penguin Books, 2007
ISBN 978-0-14-300561-2
SCIS No: 1308833
Price: pbk $18.95
CMIS Review: Black water
Student
Review: YARA [Choose
Australian titles and then click on Black water from the Shortlist]
Teacher's Notes: Penguin
website
Book Details: Penguin
website [Includes a short author podcast] |
Honour
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Penguin Group (Australia)
Cover from Black water
© David Metzenthen, 2007
© Design by David Altheim
Reproduced by permission of the publisher |
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Norrington, Leonie
Leaving Barrumbi
Omnibus
Books, 2007
ISBN 978-1-86291-627-2
SCIS No: 1315906
Price: pbk $16.95
CMIS Review: Leaving Barrumbi
Student Review: YARA [Choose
Australian titles and then click on Leaving Barrumbi from the Shortlist]
Teachers' Notes: Scholastic website
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Omnibus
Books
Omnibus Books are published by Scholastic Australia
Cover from Leaving Barrumbi
Text copyright © Leonie Norrington, 2007
Cover based on artwork copyright © Vivienne
Goodman, 2002
Reproduced by permission of the publisher |
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