It's bad enough being the smartest kid in the school, but when you're a girl, and when your father still thinks it's a man's world, and when you never learned to back down from an argument, it's even worse. Lisdalia has all these problems . and more. Of course, it helps if you have a couple of really good friends, like Mike and Tanja, and a teacher who cares, but in the end, when things get serious, it's who you are inside that counts. Who ever said it was easy being a kid? LISDALIA is the second volume in Brian Caswell's critically acclaimed Boundary Park Trilogy which began with Mike and concludes with Maddie. Lisdalia won the 1995 Multicultural Children's Literature Award and was Highly Commended in the 1995 Human Rights Award for Children's Literature.

When Maddie lived in Vietnam, she was called Mai Linh. Her older brother, Mitchell, was known as Minh. They were given their new names when they came to Australia and went to Boundary Park school. Maddie is popular at school, but Minh, haunted by dark memories, doesn't make friends easily. When Minh falls into real trouble, it's up to Maddie, Mike, Lisdalia, Tanja and Nanh to help him solve his present problems and overcome past fears. A companion story to Mike and Lisdalia.

Mike and his mother have moved from Melbourne to live at Boundary Park, in Sydney's west. Mike soon wishes they'd never left. At school he becomes the victim of the bully Shane. Then Mike meets Riny, a neighbour with a secret success story in her past, and together they plan an exciting way to overcome Mike's doubts. Mike is the first title in the Boundary Park trilogy continuing with Lisdalia and Maddie. "A most unusual and gripping story, with a great centre character and atmosphere ... touching without being sentimental." Reading Time

This splendid story of time travel and magic begins in Sydney, with Megan Ellison, sole survivor of a car accident. She awakens from this disaster haunted by strange dreams as if from some distant past. These frightening dreams and fragmented memories continue, even when Megan goes to stay with relatives in a Welsh village. Then she meets Em, a brilliant and rebellious boy. As their friendship grows, they discover Megan's supernatural gift - and her duty to right an ancient wrong. Together, Megan and Em step through the ruins of a stone circle... and so begins a fabulous adventure that spans two millennia.

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Providing an introduction to the principal literacy theories, while maintaining a focus on the practical application of literacy skills to everyday teaching, this book is divided into three parts: Reading; Writing; and Children's Literature.