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y separately published work icon Rusty and Jojo single work   children's fiction   Indigenous story  
Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 Rusty and Jojo
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'When Rusty Brown sees Jojo for the first time, all he notices is his wheelchair. Jojo gets teased about it a lot. Rusty soon learns that Jojo is just like every other kid—but with an awesome secret too.' (Source: Publishers website)

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  • Writing Disability in Australia:

    Type of disability Unspecified physical disability, requiring a wheelchair.
    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view Third person.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Oxford University Press (Melbourne) , 2014 .
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      Extent: 48p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 9780195524468
      Series: y separately published work icon Yarning Strong Laguna Bay Publishing (publisher), Oxford University Press (publisher), Mosman Melbourne : Laguna Bay Publishing Oxford University Press , 2011-2014 Z1767119 2011 series - publisher children's fiction children's

      An Indigenous education series for ALL young Australians and their teachers.

      • Twelve 64-page novels
      • Four 48-page graphic novels
      • Four anthologies (comprising many text types: poems, artworks, descriptions, plays and so on)
      • Behind the Stories DVD
      • Professional Support CD-ROM
      • 160-page Professional Support manual

      What's it like to be a young Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person in Australia today? Yarning Strong provides some of the answers for upper primary (and lower secondary) students.

      All stories have been written by Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander writers, and a committee of respected Indigenous educators guided the development and content of the series.

      Source: www.lagunabaypublishing.com (Sighted 18/03/2011).

             y separately published work icon Yarning Strong Identity Series South Melbourne : Oxford University Press (Melbourne) , 2011 8707269 2011 series - publisher graphic novel This series of books 'gathers Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal voices from throughout Australia, exploring what it means to have an Indigenous identity in our country today, and looking forward to a time when the ‘two worlds’ of Australia become one.' (Source: Publisher's website)
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