Tyenna: Through My Eyes - Australian Disaster Zones
Tyenna: Through My Eyes - Australian Disaster Zones

Author: Julie Hunt

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Published: 2022-03-01

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 1761063901

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An engaging and suspenseful novel about one girl's experience of the terrifying Tasmanian bushfires. They huddle low, nostrils burning from the smoke. A wave of despair flows over Tye. Nothing will survive this firestorm. The bush and everything she loves will be lost. It's the summer holidays, and Tye is staying at her grandparents' lodge at Chancy's Point in Tasmania's beautiful Central Highlands. But her plans for fun with best friend Lily and working on her pencil pine conservation project are thwarted as fire threatens the community and the bush she loves - and when Tye discovers Bailey, a runaway boy hiding out, she is torn between secretly helping him and her loyalty to her grandparents. As the fire comes closer and evacuation warnings abound, Tye is caught up in the battle of her life. Will she and Bailey survive? What will happen to her beloved pencil pines and the wildlife at risk? Can she and her close-knit community make a difference in a world threatened by climate change?

Lyla: Through My Eyes - Natural Disaster Zones
Lyla: Through My Eyes - Natural Disaster Zones

Author: Fleur Beale

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Published: 2018-02-21

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 1760635561

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A gripping and personal story about one girl's experience of the 2011 Christchurch earthquake and its aftermath. WINNER: Educational Publishing Awards 2019 Lyla has just started her second year of high school when a magnitude 6.3 earthquake shakes Christchurch to pieces. Devastation is everywhere. While her police officer mother and trauma nurse father respond to the disaster, Lyla puts on a brave face, opening their home to neighbours and leading the community clean-up. But soon she discovers that it's not only familiar buildings and landscapes that have vanished - it's friends and acquaintances too. As the earth keeps shaking day after day, can Lyla find a way to cope with her new reality?

Shaozhen: Through My Eyes - Natural Disaster Zones
Shaozhen: Through My Eyes - Natural Disaster Zones

Author: Wai Chim

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Published: 2017-07-26

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 1760639028

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An evocative and compelling story about one boy living through the 2014 drought in Henan, China. WINNER: Educational Publishing Awards 2019 Shaozhen has no intention of staying in his remote Henan village and becoming another poor farmer: he'll finish school, and then, hopefully, work in a factory in one of the major cities, just like his father. But when Shaozhen returns home for the summer holidays, imagining days filled with nothing but playing basketball with his friends, he's in for a shock. The worst drought in over sixty years threatens the crops that the entire village relies on for income. As the water situation becomes dire, Shaozhen realises he must come up with a plan. But will it be enough to save his family and friends and secure the future of his village?

Hotaka
Hotaka

Author: John Heffernan

Publisher: Through My Eyes

Published: 2017-09

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9781760630003

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Hasina: Through My Eyes
Hasina: Through My Eyes

Author: Michelle Aung Thin

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Published: 2019-09-03

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 1760871796

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A gripping story of one child's experience of the refugee crisis in Myanmar. The men come at night. The first Hasina knows of it is her aunt's voice, urgent, full of fear. 'Up, up. Get up! ' The second thing is smoke. Then there is a scream. 'Run,' her father shouts. 'And don't stop!' Hasina races deep into the Rakhine forest to hide with her cousin Ghadiya and her little brother, Araf. When they emerge some days later, it is to a silent, smouldering village. Their own house has not been burnt down but where are the rest of her family? Perhaps they have been gathered up and taken away ... or worse. So many Rohingyas are gone, how will she survive? Will her parents return? Hasina must find the courage to save her family amid the escalating conflict that threatens her world and her identity.

Tyenna
Tyenna

Author: Julie Hunt and Terry Whitebeach

Publisher:

Published: 2022-03-14

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9780369382085

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An engaging and suspenseful novel about one girl's experience of the terrifying Tasmanian bushfires.They huddle low, nostrils burning from the smoke. A wave of despair flows over Tye. Nothing will survive this firestorm. The bush and everything she loves will be lost. It's the summer holidays, and Tye is staying at her grandparents' lodge at Chancy's Point in Tasmania's beautiful Central Highlands. But her plans for fun with best friend Lily and working on her pencil pine conservation project are thwarted as fire threatens the community and the bush she loves - and when Tye discovers Bailey, a runaway boy hiding out, she is torn between secretly helping him and her loyalty to her grandparents.As the fire comes closer and evacuation warnings abound, Tye is caught up in the battle of her life. Will she and Bailey survive? What will happen to her beloved pencil pines and the wildlife at risk? Can she and her close-knit community make a difference in a world threatened by climate change?

Alex: Through My Eyes - Australian Disaster Zones
Alex: Through My Eyes - Australian Disaster Zones

Author: Rosanne Hawke

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Published: 2023-08-29

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1761187333

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A captivating and heartfelt story of one boy's resilience in the face of devastating drought. Alex sighs at the dusty brown landscape. Drought is second nature to him - but how much longer can his family keep hoping for rain and better days? Thirteen-year-old Alex lives on a drought-affected property in South Australia with his mum, his dad, his kelpie dog Tangi and colt Jago. For years it hasn't rained enough for them to put a crop in. And while all the farmers in the area are suffering, Alex's dad is struggling more than most. As the drought stretches on, Alex helps his mum with the farm work while longing for the father he once knew. When Bonnie moves in on the neighbouring property with her camel-training family, even feral dogs and a missing classmate cannot stop the newfound friends' passion to make a difference to the environment and their community. Will Alex's dad recover - and will the rains ever return? This inspiring Australian Disaster Zones series is a powerful and contemporary reminder of the effects of natural disasters and the ever-increasing threat of climate change to our vast and volatile continent.

Mia: Through My Eyes - Australian Disaster Zones
Mia: Through My Eyes - Australian Disaster Zones

Author: Dianne Wolfer

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Published: 2022-08-30

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 176106486X

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A powerful story of one girl's experience of 2019's Cyclone Veronica in Western Australia. Mia is used to cyclone build-ups, but the noise and energy of the wild rain squalls keep her awake half the night. What if the cyclone hits before Mum gets back? As wild winds batter the coast, Mia knows she must keep calm. The animals need her. Thirteen-year-old Mia lives on a bush block in the Pilbara, where she assists her mother's work as a vet and equine therapist. Although she is used to the seasonal cyclones that threaten the West Australian coast, nothing can prepare her for the ferocity of Cyclone Veronica when she finds herself home alone and needing to protect their property and the animals she loves. When her friend Nick arrives, pleading for help, and her favourite horse is injured, will Mia be able to withstand the greatest challenge of her life? As the storm intensifies, can she save her beloved animals?

Zafir: Through My Eyes
Zafir: Through My Eyes

Author: Prue Mason

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Published: 2015-02-25

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1743431341

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A gripping story of one child's experience of the civil war in Syria. Zafir has a comfortable life in Homs, Syria, until his father, a doctor, is arrested for helping a protester who was campaigning for revolution. While his mother heads to Damascus to try to find out where his father is being held, Zafir stays with his grandmother - until her house is bombed. With his father in prison, his mother absent, his grandmother ill and not a friend left in the city, Zafir must stay with his Uncle Ghazi. But that too becomes dangerous as the city becomes more and more besieged. Will Zafir survive long enough to be reunited with his parents?

Shahana: Through My Eyes
Shahana: Through My Eyes

Author: Rosanne Hawke

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Published: 2013-06-01

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1743312466

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A moving story of one child's life in a conflict zone: Shahana, a young girl living in war-torn Kashmir.