Kate Walker (1)

• Apr-1993
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Pressured by his peers and society to conform to the stereotyped macho image, fifteen-year-old Peter feels both confused and repelled. His confusion and his horror increase when he finds himself attracted to his brother’s best friend, David, who is...

• Jul-1995
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Reginald is an incurable dreamer among frogs, a little green nobody with big ideas and a great deal of determination. His encounters with a beautiful princess, a crazy witch, and a smug magician make this an exciting story of one frog's honor and dis...

• Feb-2007
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Hamish loves stories. He especially loves listening to his grandpa, who reads with lots of expression. Hamish’s brother, Nathan, is a good reader, too. Actually, Nathan is a genius. Hamish himself is just smart, or thinks he’s smart until he sta...

• Dec-2011
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The Dragon of Mith - Honour Book (Runner Up) - Australian Children’s Book of the Year Awards.Without warning a dragon arrives in the town of Mith. He’s big. He’s got claws and scales! Everyone takes fright and runs for their lives. Everyone exc...

• Dec-2011
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At age 11 Rosie O'Brien is sentenced to 14 years in prison and transported to the other side of the world - the far Colony of New South Wales. In this wild place she has only herself to rely on. Her letters home record the trials, hardships a...

• Dec-2011
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Prize Winning, funny story about a crafty old horse & a greedy landlord. An easy to read tale in rhyming verse. But be warned, things get 'mucky' towards the end! Ist PRIZE in Fanstory's 'Share a Story in a Poem' Contest March 2012. The farmers o...

• Jan-2012
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A story of first-time love and intimacy. A young girl chooses the man to initiate her into the joys of adult love. But chooses him for his music and not himself. Alone with him, she finds herself not as ready as she thought she'd be. He's a r...

• Jan-2012
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William Scott married Zara O'Mear, a dying girl who was considered 'unfit for marriage'. Though friends and family advised against it, William saw in her what others failed to see. And Zara likewise saw in William what all others could not begin to u...

• Aug-2012
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How do you deal with bullies? Can it be done? Two cool kids at different high schools find themselves confronted by very different types of bullies. And for both of them, it's something that's never happened before! Surfer Mitch and mountain-biker...

• May-2013
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It’s hard to live with some people, and harder to live without them. This story is based on a real family I meet some years ago. Their plight touched me, not least of all that of the older brother. Because the family tried to protect him, he seemed...

• Sep-2013
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A Week-long Lesson Plan in Story & Language Assessment using the text 'Letters of a Convict Girl - Age 11' by Kate Walker.~ Questions on content, language use and text interpretation.~ Letter Writing Model and Task.~ Suitable for classroom and home s...

• Oct-2018
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• / General Fiction
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Nick is new to love but he’s won the affection of the fabulous Fleur. He’s the envy of the boy’s locker room. But everything has its price and Fleur’s price is love letters. If Nick truly loves her, he’ll declare himself...

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Liz meets a charming young man on a bus. He's Vietnamese and a student. And his serene smile belies the story he has to tell and the life he has fled. A true short story from the 1970s about the unexpected consequence of struggle and survival....