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The deadly influenza pandemic XB276 is sweeping the country. Twelve-year-old Zac wakes up one morning to the news that everyone must stay home. He can't leave the house for weeks, or even months. Pretty soon he's facing running out of food, with no electricity, no telephone and n...o internet. The only people he can count on are his family and closest neighbours. As Zac faces each new challenge living under lockdown, he discovers resources he never knew he had - and mysteries begging to be solved. This prescient and gripping novel about a nation in lockdown was written following the H1N1 global pandemic. It won a Storylines Junior Fiction Award in 2011.
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Presents poems that feature various themes, characters and voices. Here, the poet moves in and out of identities and roles - sometimes known, sometimes incognito - discovering new world views, new horizons, and whole new windows of observations. It is filled with people recognise...d and specific: children, family, friends, and arrival of a new baby.
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Portrays a mother's experience of coming to terms with a new and frightening world of mental health care, diagnosis and treatment - for her daughter. This collection describes numerous visits to doctors, treatments that don't work and people who suddenly have answers - or poignan...t histories of their own to tell.
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