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Five kids. Five different disabilities. Five lives about to be changed.
Tamsin has been bounced from foster home to foster home. Now she's living on the remote coast of Tasmania, wondering if she's ever going to fit in anywhere.
Lara has cerebral palsy. The doctors said she'd never walk. She proved them wrong. Now Lara's got another goal, but can she and Tamsin pull off their daring plan?
Dean's father works at the wildlife park, and Dean, who...
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Lara has cerebral palsy. The doctors said she'd never walk.She proved them wrong.Now Lara's got another goal, and she's sworn her older sister Allie to secrecy.All will be revealed at Welles Bend Primary School's Year Six Graduation.But can Lara and her friend Tamsin pull off their daring plan, and convince Lara's parents to let her follow her dream?
3) Unearthed
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Jason has always felt like an outsider. At fifteen, living in a remote opal mining community, his extreme dyslexia means his future employment options are limited.
Then, at the bottom of an abandoned mineshaft, he finds something incredible.
Something that explains why he doesn't fit in.
And now he has a choice. Keep to the familiar, or face the unknown...
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Flume was born selkie. She was also born deformed – which means that the sea is as dangerous to her as the land.Beka's physical differences don't make for easy friendships. Instead she patrols the beaches for TurtleWatch, reporting on nests and hatchings.When Beka finds Flume washed up on the beach, she knows the younger girl is in serious danger.But can Flume trust a human to help her when, all her life, she's been told to guard against them?
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Brad runs because it's the one thing in his life he can do right. And what makes it better is he can see Beauty, the white pony he's befriended, every day.
But when Beauty goes missing after a storm, can Brad find her? Or will his past behaviour put the pony's safety — and her life — in danger?
6) Monkey Signs
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Dean's father works at Welles Bend Wildlife Park, and Dean has been friends with one of the squirrel monkeys, Allukah, ever since he went deaf seven years ago.But Dean has a secret, one that happened by accident, and one that he can't tell anyone about.Until Allukah needs his help, and he has no choice…
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Damien is almost blind. He does well at school, and looks after his own half-blind pony. He even found a way to help Brad, the school bully, to find his way past some of his own troubles.Now Damien needs help. He has a dream, a dream he's kept to himself for years. And the only one who can help him is Brad.But does he trust Brad enough to put his safety in the former bully's hands?
9) Seaward
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A year ago, Shaun nearly died.Now he's finally back home, but his life is a wreck. His Mum is hyper-vigilant, his friends have drifted away, and no one will believe the truth about the so-called accident.Or the girl who saved him.But Shaun knows she's real.And he's going to find her.Because he almost doesn't believe what happened either...
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