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Sally Mitchell has just turned 20 and after becoming involved with an older man her family tries to pack her off to England. Sally has other plans and hell bent on adventure takes a job as a governess on a cattle station on Cape York.

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The book every parent and teacher should own. Written in Jackie French’s inimitable style, one of the aims of this book is to help parents and teachers identify children’s reading difficulties and then suggest ways to deal with them. The book is full of useful and practical solutions, rather than long, dense paragraphs dripping with educational theory and difficult words that are hard to pronounce. Jackie draws on her own experience of being dyslexic to show that there are many fun and rewarding ways to improve your child’s reading abilities and stimulate a love of books.

A fascinating history of the development of a uniquely Australian language from early settlement to the present.

It is 1886 and piano tuner Edgar Drake receives a strange request from the War Office - he must leave his wife, and his life in London, to travel to Burma to tune a rare Erard grand piano. The piano belongs to Surgeon-Major Anthony Carroll, an enigmatic British officer whose unorthodox methods are attracting suspicion.

The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason

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Bullies are a growing problem in our schools and neighborhoods. The Bully addresses the issue of bullies in the school and gives helpful suggestions to both parents and children on how to deal with the stressful situation in a positive manner. Rita Toews