australia

As survivors of an enemy invasion of their homeland, Ellie and her friends return to Australia as guides for soldiers from New Zealand who plan an attack on the Wirrawee airfield.

Teenagers Rachel and Henry find their way back to each other while working in an old bookstore full of secrets and crushes, love letters and memories, grief and hope.

Seventeen-year-old Delilah Green is doing her best to deal with a chaotic life--she is running the family caf?, The Flywheel, by herself because her father is on a vacation trying to get over his wife deserting him; she is getting flack at school because she is a lesbian, and one of the "in-girls" has started to come on to her, and she is hopelessly attracted to a girl named Rosa, who dances outside the caf? every evening.

Text and illustrations explore the habitats, ecosystems, and biomes of Australia, and look at the plant and animal life found there.

Lulu Bell and her family set off on an Australian adventure at an Aboriginal community, and Lulu has one thing she would really like to see.

"Describes why and how ... [Australia's cane] toads were first brought to Australia, how they spread far and wide, and what scientists and everyday people are doing to try to control their population today."--Provided by publisher.

A young boy is caught in a dilemma when his friend, an old hermit, is accused of burning down their small Australian farming community.

Sent to a hospital by her mother, Marina, a disfigured Australian girl who refuses to speak, reveals her thoughts and feelings in a diary.

Vanessa makes a lot of money when she captures a crocodile in the Australian outback and gets him to work for her until the crocodile becomes homesick.

Describes many things that originally came from Australia, including inventions, sports and games, food, musical instruments, animals, and words.