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Birrung : the secret friend / Jackie French.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
JF FREN	Junior Fiction		Chester Hill .	. Available .
JF FREN	Junior Fiction		Panania .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9780732299439 (pbk.)
ISBN	0732299438 (pbk.)
Name	French, Jackie author.
Title	Birrung : the secret friend / Jackie French.
Published	Sydney, N.S.W. Angus & Robertson, an imprint of HarperCollins Children's Books, 2015.
Description	135 pages ; 20 cm.
Summary	This first book in the series tells the story of a young indigenous girl, Birrung, who befriends orphaned Barney and his friend Elsie. Birrung is living with Mr Johnson, chaplain to the Australian colony in 1790, and his family. Generous in spirit, the Johnson family also take in Barney and Elsie, who have only just been surviving on their meagre daily rations. Despite living with the Johnsons, Birrung's connection to her people remains strong, and when Mr and Mrs Johnson see how Barney's feelings for Birrung are growing, they gently explain that his friendship with a 'native' girl and all that she taught him about her language and lore must remain a secret - forever.
Reading Program Note	Premier's Reading Challenge 5-6.
Subjects	Secret friends -- Juvenile fiction
Subjects	Premier's Reading Challenge 5-6
Genre	Children's stories
Series	Secret histories 01.
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Children's stories . Premier's Reading Challenge 5-6 . Secret friends -- Juvenile fiction . See Also: Children's literature . Fairy tales . Fiction . Storytelling . Authors: French, Jackie . Series: Secret histories .