Text List for Secondary English - Five Senses Education

Index of reviews (click to expand)

Entry	Title and Author	Text Type	Stage / Focus
2	Dragon Skin by Karen Foxlee	novel	Stage 4
3	Bindi by Kirli Saunders	verse novel	Stage 4
5	Sister Heart by Sally Morgan	verse novel	Stage 4
6	This is Home: Essential Australian poems for children selected by Jackie French	poetry	Stage 4
7	Gone to the Woods by Gary Paulsen	non-fiction	Stage 4
8	A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness	novel, multimodal	Stage 4
9	Medusa: The girl behind the myth by Jessie Burton, illustrated by Olivia Gill	novel, multimodal	Stage 4
10	Future Girl by Asphyxia	multimodal	Stage 4 / Stage 5
11	Sunshine Super Girl: The Evonne Goolagong Story by Andrea James	drama	Stage 4
12	Mia (Through My Eyes) by Dianne Wolfer	novel	Stage 4
13	Brontide by Sue McPherson	novel	Stage 5
14	The Visitors by Jane Harrison	drama	Stage 5
15	Tiger Daughter by Rebecca Lim	novel	Stage 4 / Stage 5
16	Catching Teller Crow by Ambelin Kwaymullina & Ezekiel Kwaymullina	novel	Stage 5
17	Ghost Bird by Lisa Fuller	novel	Stage 5
18	Oxygen Mask by Jason Reynolds, illustrated by Jason Griffin	multimodal	Stage 5
19	It’s the Sound of the Thing by Maxine Beneba Clarke	poetry	Stage 4 / Stage 5
20	Lark by Anthony McGowan	novel	Stage 4
21	Robert Runs by Mariah Sweetman	novel	Stage 4
22	My People by Oodgeroo	poetry	Stage 4 / Stage 5
23	Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell	novel	Stage 4
24	Grace Beside Me by Sue McPherson	novel	Stage 4 / Stage 5
25	Northwind by Gary Paulsen	novel	Stage 4
26	A Ghost in My Suitcase: the play by Vanessa Bates	drama	Stage 4
27	In the Dark Spaces by Cally Black	novel	Stage 5
28	Cyberbile by Alana Valentine	drama	Stage 5
29	Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen	poetry	Stage 5
30	Growing up in Australia / Growing up in Country Australia introduced by Alice Pung / edited by Rick Morton	non-fiction	Stage 5
31	If Not Us by Mark Smith	novel	Stage 5
32	Borderland by Graham Akhurst	novel	Stage 5
33	The F Team by Rawah Arja	novel	Stage 5
34	We Didn’t Think it Through by Gary Lonesborough	novel	Stage 5
35	Us Mob Walawurru by Lisa Wiyuka & David Spillman	novel	Stage 4
36	My Spare Heart by Jared Thomas	novel	Stage 5
37	The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo	verse novel	Stage 5
38	The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do	non-fiction	Stage 5 / Stage 6
39	CBCA 2024 Trio: Grace Notes / The Quiet and the Loud / Two Can Play That Game by Karen Comer / Helena Fox / Leanne Yong	verse novel / novel / novel	Stage 5
40	Alex (Through My Eyes) by Rosanne Hawke	novel	Stage 4
41	Poppy Nwosu Author Study: Making Friends with Alice Dyson / Taking Down Evelyn Tait / Road Tripping with Pearl Nash by Poppy Nwosu	novel	Stage 5
42	Off the Map by Scot Gardner	short stories	Stage 5
43	The Explorer by Katherine Rundell	novel	Stage 4
44	Blueback, novel by Tim Winton / film directed by Robert Connolly	novel / film	Stage 4
45	Maralinga: The Anangu Story by Oak Valley & Yalata Communities, and Christobel Mattingley	picture book	Stage 4
46	The Dream of the Thylacine by Margaret Wild, illustrated by Ron Brooks	multimodal	Stage 4
47	Ghost Book and Read At Your Own Risk by Remy Lai	graphic novel	Stage 4
48	Charged with Meaning: Becoming an English Teacher (2nd Edition) edited by Wayne Sawyer	professional reading	Teacher Reference
49	The Golden Mole and other vanishing treasures by Katherine Rundell, illustrated by Talya Baldwin	non-fiction, multimodal	Stage 5
50	This Book Thinks Ya Deadly! A celebration of Blak excellence by Corey Tutt, illustrated by Molly Hunt	non-fiction, multimodal	Stage 4 / Stage 5 / Stage 6
51	The Grimmelings by Rachael King	novel	Stage 4
52	A Monster Calls: the play by Adam Peck, Sally Cookson (director), The Old Vic Company	drama	Stage 4
53	The Road to Winter trilogy by Mark Smith	novel	Stage 5 / Stage 6
54	Homeland Calling edited by Ellen Van Neerven	poetry	Stage 5
55	The Illuminae Files trilogy by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff	multimodal	Stage 5
56	Scar Town by Tristan Bancks	novel	Stage 4
57	Slam Your Poetry: Write a revolution by Miles Merrill & Narcisa Nozica	poetry	Teacher Reference
58	Rosieville by Mary Rachel Brown	drama	Stage 4
59	Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini, illustrated by Dan Williams	short prose, multimodal	Stage 4
60	Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty	non-fiction	Stage 5
61	One by Sarah Crossan	verse novel	Stage 5
62	Fire Front: First Nations poetry and power today edited by Alison Whittaker	poetry	Stage 5
63	Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds, illustrated by Chris Priestly	verse novel	Stage 5
64	Brand New Ancients by Kae Tempest	poetry	Stage 6
65	I'm Not Really Here by Gary Lonesborough	novel	Stage 5
66	Warlight by Michael Ondaatje	novel (prose fiction)	Stage 6 HSC 2027-2030: Advanced - Critical study of literature
67	My People by Oodgeroo Noonuccal • Corroboree • Ballad of Totems • No More Boomerang • Son of Mine • We Are Going • The Past • Reed Flute Cave	poetry	Stage 6 HSC 2027-2030: Standard - Close study of literature
68	Feed by MT Anderson	novel (prose fiction)	Stage 6 HSC 2027-2030: Standard - Close study of literature
69	Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au	novel (prose fiction)	Stage 6 HSC 2027-2030: Texts and human experiences
70	The White Girl by Tony Birch	novel (prose fiction)	Stage 6
71	Away by Michael Gow	drama	Stage 6 HSC 2027-2030: Texts and human experiences
72	The Perseverance by Raymond Antrobus • Echo • Jamaican British • Ode to My Hair • Dear Hearing World • The Ghost of Laura Bridgman Warns Helen Keller About Fame • Dr Marigold Reevaluated • To Sweeten Bitter	poetry	Stage 6 HSC 2027-2030: Standard - Language, identity and culture
73	Selected Poems by Gwen Harwood • The Glass Jar • The Violets • At Mornington • Father and Child, I and II • A Valediction • Beyond Metaphor • The Sharpness of Death	poetry	Stage 6 HSC 2027-2030: Texts and human experiences
74	The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri	novel (prose fiction)	Stage 6 HSC 2027-2030: Standard - Language, identity and culture
75	Love Poems and Death Threats by Samuel Wagan Watson • The Remedy of Butterflies • Finn • Let’s Talk! • El Diablo Highway • Blacktracker…Blackwriter…Blacksubject • End of Days • Addendum	poetry	Stage 6 HSC 2027-2030: Texts and human experiences
76	Limberlost by Robbie Arnott	novel (prose fiction)	Stage 6 HSC 2027-2030: Standard - Close study of literature
77	Contemporary Asian Australian Poets edited by Adam Aitken, Kim Cheng-Boey & Michelle Cahill • ‘Stamp Collecting’ Kim Cheng Boey • ‘The Onyx Ring’ Misbah Khokhar • ‘Bumboat Cruise on the Singapore River’ Miriam Wei Wei Lo • ‘Air Force Ones’ Omar Musa • ‘New Accents’ Ouyang Yu • ‘Circular Breathing’ Jaya Savige • ‘Translucent Jade’ Maureen Ten	poetry	Stage 6 HSC 2027-2030: Standard - Language, identity and culture
78	Collected Poems by Carol Ann Duffy • War Photographer • Stealing • In Mrs Tilscher’s Class • We Remember Your Childhood Well • The Good Teachers • Little Red Cap • Mrs Midas	poetry	Stage 6 HSC 2027-2030: Standard - Close study of literature
79	Swallow the Air by Tara June Winch	novel (prose fiction)	Stage 6 HSC 2027-2030: Standard - Language, identity and culture
80	Question 7 by Richard Flanagan	non-fiction	Stage 6 HSC 2027-2030: Texts and human experiences
81	The Penguin Henry Lawson Short Stories • The Drover’s Wife • The Union Buries its Dead • Shooting the Moon • Our Pipes • The Loaded Dog	short prose	Stage 6 HSC 2027-2030: Texts and human experiences
82	Poems 1962-2020 by Louise Glück • The Wild Iris • Nostos • Vita Nova • Youth • Mitosis • Harvest • The Village Life	poetry	Stage 6 HSC 2027-2030: Advanced - Critical study of literature
83	Shafana and Aunt Sarrinah by Alana Valentine	drama	Stage 6 HSC 2027-2030: Standard - Language, identity and culture
84	W. B. Yeats - Poems selected by Seamus Heaney • The Wild Swans at Coole • An Irishman Foresees his Death • Easter 1916 • The Second Coming • Sailing to Byzantium • An Acre of Grass • Long-Legged Fly	poetry	Stage 6 HSC 2027-2030: Advanced - Critical study of literature
85	An Imaginary Life by David Malouf	novel (prose fiction)	Stage 6 HSC 2027-2030: Texts and human experiences
86	King Henry IV, Part 1 by William Shakespeare	drama	Stage 6 HSC 2027-2030: Advanced - Critical study of literature
87	Dusk by Robbie Arnott	novel	Stage 5
88	Max (Through My Eyes) by Prue Mason	novel	Stage 4
89	Song of a Blackbird by Maria van Lieshout	graphic novel	Stage 5
90	Anomaly by Emma Lord	novel	Stage 5
91	Stuff I'm (Not) Sorry For by Maxine Beneba Clarke	poetry	Stage 4
92	37 by Nathan Maynard	drama	Stage 6
93	The Novel Life of Jane Austen: A Graphic Biography by Janine Barchas, illustrated by Isabel Greenberg	graphic novel	Stage 5
94	Nucleus by Alana Valentine	drama	Stage 6
95	Afloat by Kirli Saunders, illustrated by Freya Blackwood	picture book	Stage 4
96	Detention by Tristan Bancks	novel	Stage 4
97	The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2) by Katherine Rundell	novel	Stage 4
98	The Drover's Wife by Leah Purcell	drama	Stage 5 Year 10 / Stage 6 Year 11
100	Dark as Last Night by Tony Birch	novel	Stage 5 Year 10 / Stage 6 Year 11
101	The Wild Robot by Peter Brown	novel	Stage 3
102	The Kindness Project by Deborah Abela	verse novel	Stage 3
103	The Peach King by Inga Simpson	picture book	Stage 3
104	August & Jones by Pip Harry	novel	Stage 3
105	The Silver Donkey by Sonya Hartnett	novel	Stage 3
106	Glasgow Boys by Margaret McDonald	novel	Stage 5 / Stage 6
107	The Robot Dog by Roshelle Yee Pui Fong & Matthew Ngamurarri Heffernan	drama	Stage 5
108	The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Edition by William Kamkwamba & Bryan Mealer	non-fiction	Stage 3
109	Good Young Men by Gary Lonesborough	novel	Stage 5 / Stage 6 Year 11
110	Piper at the Gates of Dusk by Patrick Ness	novel	Stage 4 / Stage 5
111	Raised by Wolves by Tristan Bancks	novel	Stage 3 / Stage 4
112	Past the Shallows by Favel Parrett	novel	Stage 6 HSC 2027-2030: Studies - Narratives and human experiences
113	The Neverfear (Impossible Creatures #3) by Katherine Rundell	novel	Stage 3 / Stage 4
114	Flock: First Nations Stories Then and Now edited by Ellen van Neerven	short prose	Stage 6 HSC 2027-2030: Studies - Narratives and human experiences
115	Treeshape by Trace Balla	graphic novel	Stage 4 / Stage 5
116	Dear Son by Isaac Drandić and John Harvey	drama	Stage 5 / Stage 6 Year 11
117	The Iliad: a graphic novel and The Odyssey: a graphic novel by Gareth Hinds	graphic novel	Stage 4 / Stage 5
118	The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli and Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare	non-fiction, drama	Stage 6 HSC 2027-2030: Advanced - Textual conversations
119	Darkest Night, Brightest Star by Barry Jonsberg	novel	Stage 5