Goldie Alexander

Elizabeth Harvey, thrown into London's Newgate Prsion in 1790 for a crime she did not commit, finds herself transported to Australia. As maidservant to a surgeon in Sydney Cove, she is faced with the harsh reality of eking out life from the stark new continent, and the real convicts who were sent there too.

Australia

Hanna Kaminsky loves gymnastics, her best friend Eva, Elzas chicken soup with dumplings and reading. But in September 1939 the happy life that Hanna has always known disappears. The Nazis have invaded Poland and are herding all Jews into ghettos in the cities. Hannas family are forced into hiding in the countryside. For a while it seems they are safe. But hiding from the Germans means trusting others. Rounded up by the SS, Hanna and her family are sent to the Warsaw Ghetto where they must use whatever skills they have to survive

Hanna

My Holocaust Story

Springboard Staff

What is it like to be a champion in-line skater? Find out in this interview with Cindy Centipede.Text type: Information Report (Interview)

Lvl 28B: an Interview with Cindy Centipede

Hazel Edwards

Do your readers love extreme sports? If so, they might be fledgling risk takers as well. Some people believe that risks make life more exciting, but there’s a difference between smart risks and unwise risks. Unwise risks might include getting in to a car with a driver who has been drinking, taking illegal drugs, or riding a skateboard without a helmet. Students will learn about different kinds of risks, the consequences of making bad choices, and how to make the right choices to stay safe.

Talking About the Dangers of Taking Risks

Lizzy Harvey is a convict transported to Australia. She seizes upon a chance to write home to the little brother she has left behind in England. Lizzy's diary tells of her experiences, the agonizing wait for the supply ships and the desperate struggle for food and shelter in this strange, new land.

The Diary of Elizabeth Harvey, Australia 1790

Transported

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Ahmed Ackbar, a thirteen-year-old Afghan and the youngest Afghan cameleer speaks Pashto and a very little English. He is the only surviving male in his immediate family. In late 1872 he sails into the prosperous city of Adelaide with three cameleers (Uncle Kamran, Alannah and Jemma Khan) to help look after four camels. But Ahmed has other things on his mind. What if his uncle isn't as innocent of his brother's (Ahmed's father) death as he seems? As the expedition treks into an unexplored interior, Ahmed must cope with Jemma Khan's enmity, his own homesickness, a very different culture and language, and the difficulties of exploration.

The Youngest Cameleer

Lizzie Harvey, a convict transported to Sydney Cove, is starved and overworked. She has to fetch water, mend clothes, please her master, care for his china-doll daughter and tiptoe around his moody soldier son. She can barely find time to dream about the way things used to be, let alone write in her diary. But write she must. It is her only hope of reaching out to the home she has left behind, all those thousands of miles across the sea.

Surviving Sydney Cove

Aaron Pocock

Kai and Bilby-G have cared little for the impact their actions have had on other people. When tragedy strikes, they are thrown into a journey of self-reflection where they must explore the real meaning of trust, love, family and forgiveness.

Goldie Alexander

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