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9plus Booklist by Author - Full When using this booklist, please be aware of the need for guidance to ensure students select texts considered appropriate for their age, interest and maturity levels. PRC Author/Title Publisher Year ISBN Annotations 17170 Abdel-Fattah, Randa Pan MacMillan 2005 9780330421850 Amal is a typical sixteen year old. When she decides to wear a head Does my head look big in this? scarf to school, her Islamic faith, personal strength and friendships are tested. An insight into contemporary Australian ethnic and religious issues. Strong language in context. Usually read by students in Years 9, 10 and above. 2345 Abdel-Fattah, Randa Pan MacMillan 2016 9781743534977 When Michael meets Mina, they are at a rally for refugees, standing on When Michael met Mina opposite sides. Mina fled Afghanistan with her mother, via a refugee camp, a leaky boat and a detention centre. Michael's parents have founded a new political party called Aussie Values. They want to stop the boats. Mina wants to stop the hate. Michael and Mina will need to overcome their differences to find some common ground. Usually read by students in Years 9, 10 or above. 1/10/21 9:56 AM 9plus Booklist by Author - Full Page 1 of 122 PRC Author/Title Publisher Year ISBN Annotations 751179 Abdel-Magied, Yassmin Penguin 2021 9781760896065 Layla has ended the school year on a high and can't wait to spend the Listen, Layla holidays hanging out with her friends and designing a prize-winning Grand Designs Tourismo invention. But Layla's plans are interrupted when her grandmother in Sudan falls ill and the family rush to be with her. The last time Layla went to Sudan she was only a young child. Now she feels torn between her Sudanese and Australian identities. As political tensions in Sudan erupt, so too do tensions between Layla and her family. Layla is determined not to lose her place in the invention team, but will she go against her parents' wishes? What would a Kandaka do? Usually read by students in years 9, 10 and above. 7340 Abdel-Magied, Yassmin Random House 2016 9780857986153 At twenty-one, Yassmin worked on a remote Australian oil and gas rig. Yassmin's story Australia Pty Ltd She was the only woman and certainly the only Sudanese born Muslim woman. When she was two, Yassmin moved to Brisbane and has been tackling barriers ever since. She founded Youth Without Borders, helping young people to work for positive change in their communities. This is the story of how she got there, where she's going and how she wants the world to change. Usually read by students in Years 9, 10 or above. 587854 Abdel-Magied, Yassmin Penguin 2019 9780143788515 With her long skirt and headscarf Layla certainly stands out at her new You must be Layla high school. Everyone thinks they know her, just from a glance. But do they? And does Layla really know herself? Usually read by students in years 9, 10, and above 5443 Adeyemi, Tomi MacMillan 2018 9781509871353 Under the orders of a ruthless king, anyone with powers was targeted Children of blood and bone and killed, leaving Zelie without a mother and her people without hope. Only a few people remain with the power to use magic, and they must remain hidden. Zelie is one such person. Now she has a chance to bring back magic to her people and strike against the monarchy. With the help of a rogue princess, Zelie must learn to harness her powers and outrun the crown prince, who is hell-bent on eradicating magic for good. Usually read by students in years 9, 10 and above. 751114 Ahmadi, Arwin Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd 2020 9781471409929 Eighteen-year-old Amir Azadi always knew that coming out to his How it all blew up Muslim family would be messy, but he wasn't expecting it to end in an airport interrogation room. Now, he's telling his side of the story to the stern-faced officer. Amir has to explain why he ran away to Rome (boys, bullies, blackmail) and what he was doing there for a month (dates in the Sistine Chapel, friends who helped him accept who he is, and, of course, drama) . all while his mum, dad and little sister are being interrogated in the room next door. Usually read by students in years 9, 10 and above. 1/10/21 9:56 AM 9plus Booklist by Author - Full Page 2 of 122 PRC Author/Title Publisher Year ISBN Annotations 9334 Aldridge, James Penguin 2002 9780143001126 An intriguing summer adventure where thirteen year old Beau meets Girl from the sea, The wild, irrepressible Lelee, a girl from the sea. Together with Beau's younger sister, they search in their boat for a box believed to contain a fortune, but smugglers are looking too. Usually read by students in Years 9, 10 or above. 423 Aldridge, James Penguin 1989 9780140123289 The life of a Romani family living in squalor in an abandoned shack. Lilli True story of Lilli Stubeck, The is removed from her large family by a wealthy old woman who helps to civilise her. But, there's an ongoing battle seemingly for possession of Lilli's very soul. Usually read by students in Years 9, 10 or above. 424 Aldridge, James Penguin 1988 9780140105902 Spit, the barefoot grandson of old Fyfe, has other ideas for his future True story of Spit MacPhee, The after his grandfather dies and the town wants Spit to go into an orphanage. Usually read by students in Years 9, 10 or above. 18651 Aldridge, James Penguin 2006 9780143004929 The St Clairs are an adventurous flying family in Victoria post First Wings of Kitty St Clair, The World War and Kitty is inspired to fly just like her mother. After the tragic death of Kitty's mother, everyone rallies to help with her pain. Usually read by students in Years 9, 10 or above. 574721 Ali, S K Simon & Schuster 2018 9781481499255 There are three kinds of people in Janna's world: 1. Saints, the people Saints and misfits who do all the heavy lifting in the world, the do gooders. Moving things forward, fighting the good fight. 2. Misfits, people who don't belong. Like the way Janna doesn't fit into her Dad's brand-new family or in the leftover one composed of Mom and her older brother. 3. Monsters. Well, monsters wearing saint masks. Like the monster at her mosque. People think he's holy, untouchable, but nobody has seen under the mask. Except Janna. Usually read by students in Years 9, 10 or above. 5826 Almond, David Walker Books 2008 9781406308150 An extraordinary graphic novel that confronts raw grief visually and Savage, The: Graphic novel through the words of Blue Baker, devestated at the loss of his father and offended by the patronising support he is offered. Blue's grief is angry and violent and inconsolable. Strangely though Blue does find relief from his suffering and the record of his journey is here. Strong language and images used in context. Usually read by students in Years 9, 10 or above. 638659 Alt, Alexandra Scholastic Australia 2019 9781742991986 At 15, Lene is questioning everything. She is sick of the compulsory Promise League of German Girls meetings, and everyone being made to fight for a final victory that never seems to come. She is in love with Ludwig, who lives upstairs and listens to enemy broadcasts. Like Lene, he rejects the war and the endless Nazi indoctrination. When Ludwig is ordered to the Eastern Front, can Lene and Ludwig hold on to their promise to one another and resurface from the darkness of the abyss in post-war Berlin? Usually read by students in years 9, 10 and above. 1/10/21 9:56 AM 9plus Booklist by Author - Full Page 3 of 122 PRC Author/Title Publisher Year ISBN Annotations 2228 Anderson, Laurie Halse Bloomsbury 2008 9780747598657 This story follows two very different battles for independence, that of Chains slave girl, Isabel, and the American War of Independence. Presents a realistic view of prejudice and slavery in 18th century America and includes some violence. Usually read by students in Years 9, 10 or above. 2581 Anderson, Laurie Halse Text Publishing Co 2014 9781922182227 For the past five years, Hayley has been home schooled on the road by Impossible knife of memory, The her father, a veteran of the Iraq war who has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. When they settle down for her final year at school, Hayley has to deal with her father's random behaviour and learn how to have a trusting relationship with a boy, who is hiding secrets of his own. Challenging read, some violence. Usually read by students in Years 9, 10 or above. 751223 Anderson, M T Penguin USA 2017 9780763691004 This is the thrilling true story of the life of Russian composer Dimitri Symphony for the City of the Dead Shostakovitch and the millions of Russians who lived during a time of great upheaval, horror and hardship at the hands of two of history's cruellest dictators; Stalin and Hitler. At a time of great despair, Shostakovitch' seventh symphony would become a symbol of great hope, and the story of how it comes to be shared with the world is nearly too incredible to be believed. Usually read by students in years 9, 10 and above. 5582 Andrews, Jesse Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd 2018 9781760523596 In an alternate reality a lot like our world, every person's physical size is Munmun directly proportional to their wealth.