australia

A hermit crab who has outgrown his shell searches for a new one among the creatures of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Includes a key which identifies the coral reef animals in the illustrations.

Explores the story of Australia from the earliest times, through at least 50,000 years of diverse Aboriginal societies to its exploration by Asian and European travelers, and right up to the present day.

Twelve-year-old Jodie, disabled by juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and no longer able to ride her beloved horse Monarch, faces a crisis when the two of them are alone at her remote Australia home and a devastating fire approaches.

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

The companion volume to The Zoo Quest Expeditions. Describes four expeditions in search of remote tribes who retain their ancient ways of life.

Twin sisters Amber and Jeanie enroll in an Australian boarding school; but shortly after they arrive, they are told that students have walked into the surrounding bushlands and vanished without a trace.

Australian youth Peter Sinclair, living on the run with his father who claims he is being pursued by a secret organization, comes to the realization that his dad is mentally ill and must have treatment if they are ever to have a normal life together.

Presents the story of what happens in an Australian urban high school, as told alternately by the assistant principal and the most troublesome student in school; it attempts to show the uncomfortable relationship between staff, parents, and students.

The world of Jacob and his younger brother Solly falls apart when they are orphaned and pitched into a Sydney children's home, where other refugee Jewish children are gathering as Hitler rises to power in Europe.