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Yuot A Alaak
An important memoir now adapted for young readers.
Once there was a man who rescued 20,000 boys from almost certain death. That man was my father. One of those boys…
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Chloe Hayden
An empowering lived-experience guide to celebrating and supporting neurodivergence from 24-year-old actor, social media star and disability advocate Chlo Hayden
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Alice Pung
Offers a vivid and ironic sense of two worlds. Combines the story of Pung’s life growing up in suburban Footscray, with the inherited stories of the women in her family.
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Archie Roach
In his inspirational, highly acclaimed memoir - and including reflections from First Nations Elders and young people - Archie Roach tells the story of his life and his music.
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Nevo Zisin
Meet Nevo: girl, boy, he, she, him, her, they, them, daughter, son, teacher, student, friend, gay, bi, lesbian, trans, homo, Jew, dyke, masculine, feminine, androgynous, queer.
Shannon Meyerkort
An inspiring collection of people who used their dyslexia to their advantage and have made their mark on the world, showing children with dyslexia, or those who struggle with reading…
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Tim Cope
A young readers’ edition of the bestselling On the Trail of Genghis Khan, the story of Tim Cope’s journey through the land of the nomads on horseback.
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Andreas Malm
An argument for bold action to halt climate destruction, adapted for young people from Andreas Malm’s best-selling book by an experienced educator.
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Yeva Skalietska
Everyone knows the word ‘war’. But very few understand what it truly means. When you find you have to face it, you feel totally lost, walled in by fright and…
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Growing up Wiradjuri is a collection of personal stories by Wiradjuri Elders. The writers are Uncles and Aunties who came of age in New South Wales in the 1950s and…
Rick Morton
Black Inc.‘s bestselling Growing Up series goes to the country
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Maxine Beneba Clarke
Welcome to African Australia. Compiled by award-winning author Maxine Beneba Clarke, with curatorial assistance from writers Ahmed Yussuf and Magan Magan, this anthology brings together the regions of Africa, and…
Amra Pajalic, Demet Divaroren
In this refreshing and fascinating collection, twelve Muslim-Australians - some well known, some not - reveal their candid, funny and touching stories of growing up with a dual identity.
Asian-Australians are known to each other and the outside world by many labels: quiet achiever, FOB, gangster chigger, mainlander, banana. But are these labels based on some degree of truth…
Black Inc.
This special collection is the perfect introduction to Black Inc.‘s definitive ‘Growing Up’ series
Michelle Obama
What’s important is our story, our whole story, including those moments when we feel a little vulnerable …
Sir David Attenborough
The early adventures of a young David Attenborough.
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Dara McAnulty
The globally successful, Wainwright Prize-winning memoir by Irish teenager Dara McAnulty, now available in paperback format.
Anne Frank
Aged thirteen when Anne Frank went into the secret annexe, Anne kept a diary in which she confided her innermost thoughts and feelings, movingly revealing how the eight people living…
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Susan Kuklin
Six teens tell what it is like for them to be members of the transgender community –Dust jacket flap.
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Dr Mya-Rose Craig
Read the incredible stories and hear the dreams of 30 young Indigenous people and People of Colour protecting the planet.
Adeline Yen Mah
Jung-ling’s family considers her bad luck because her mother died giving birth to her. They discriminate against her and make her feel unwanted yet she yearns and continuously strives for…
Trevor Noah
A hilarious and moving coming-of-age story about growing up mixed race in apartheid South Africa, from comedian Trevor Noah
Jamila Rizvi
Media star Jamila Rizvi’s exploration of the confidence deficit holding women back, the barriers to career success this can create, and how they might be overcome.
Dirk Reinhardt
A heart-stopping adventure about real-life rebels against the Nazis.
Saroo Brierley
As a five-year-old in India, I got lost on a train. Twenty-five years later, I crossed the world to find my way back home.
Clementine Ford
An incendiary debut taking the world by storm, Fight Like A Girl is an essential manifesto for feminists new, old and soon-to-be.
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Malala Yousafzai,Christina Lamb
The bestselling memoir of youngest ever NOBEL PRIZE winner, Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl who stood up to the Taliban.
Anita Selzer
A remarkable mother takes an ingenious step. To avoid suspicion, she trains her teenage son to be a girl – his clothing, voice, hair, manners and more. Together, mother and…
Anita Heiss
This groundbreaking anthology aims to enlighten, inspire and educate about the lives of Aboriginal people in Australia today.
Turia Pitt
Shortlisted for the Readings Young Adult Book Prize 2019
Telling the story of Turia’s life before and after the fire, this young readers’ this book unmasks the real Turia –…
Jessica Bennett,New York Times
A stunning celebration of girlhood around the world, from the New York Times.
Chloe Bayliss
Have you ever had an addiction? An obsession? Have you ever wanted something so much that you can’t imagine your life without it? For me, that’s dance.
Benjamin Law (ed.)
Compiled by celebrated author and journalist Benjamin Law, Growing Up Queer in Australia assembles voices from across the spectrum of LGBTIQA+ identity.
Deng Thiak Adut,Ben Mckelvey
The true story of Deng Adut - Sudanese child soldier, refugee, man of hope
Mumu Mike Williams
A magnificent celebration of Kunmanara Williams’ life and art and the land rights movement in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands of Central Australia.
Carly Findlay
Growing Up Disabled in Australia is the fifth book in the highly acclaimed, bestselling Growing Up series. It includes interviews with prominent Australians such as Senator Jordon Steele-John and Paralympian…
