australia

Having come from Boston to spend the summer in Australia with his great-grandparents, thirteen-year-old Rust is consumed with doubt that he can live up to the responsibilities they lay on him.

"Having escaped from Australia's Adelaide Zoo, an orphaned platypus named Albert embarks on a journey through the outback in search of "Old Australia," a rumored land of liberty, promise, and peace. What he will find there, however, away from the safe confinement of his enclosure for the first time since his earliest memories, proves to be a good deal more than he anticipated. Alone in the outback, with an empty soft drink bottle as his sole possession, Albert stumbles upon pyromaniacal wombat Jack, and together they spend a night drinking and gambling in Ponsby Station, a rough-and-tumble mining town. Accused of burning down the local mercantile, the duo flees into menacing dingo territory and quickly go their separate ways-Albert to pursue his destiny in the wastelands, Jack to reconcile his past. Encountering a motley assortment of characters along the way-a pair of invariably drunk bandicoots, a militia of kangaroos, hordes of the mercurial dingoes, and a former prize-fighting Tasmanian devil-our unlikely hero will discover a strength and skill for survival he never suspected he possessed."--Dust jacket.

Provides an overview of the country of Australia that includes information on its geography, history, government, economy, people, and culture. Includes color photographs, a map, a fact list, a glossary, and sources of further information.

A series of letters from Grandfather reveal his adventures in Australia with the remarkable little dog Roo, as he seeks his long-lost older brother, Uncle Vincent, who went there to find gold when he was seventeen.

The Melling sisters of Wilgawa, Australia, contend with their father not finding work and sister Grace not returning from the city.

Examines the experiences of women in Australian society, discussing their participation in various fields and profiling the lives of significant women.

Finn doesn't want to move, but he doesn't want to stay with Aunt Agatha, either. While exploring in the Australian woods Finn meets a ghost and his dog, and together they try to protect the wilderness.

Despite the opposition of Ancient Eric and Malcolm, Limpy goes on a quest to find a place where cane toads can be safe from humans and live in harmony.

Determined to understand why humans hate cane toads and to improve relations between the species, Limpy embarks on a dangerous trek from his swamp to the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.