Page 14 - Oz Kids in Print, Issue 1, 2020

BOOK a column in her school newspaper under
a pen name. But when she decides to bring
in her uncle’s puppies for show and tell, it
REVIEWS creates another secret she doesn’t want to
tell Paris, her snarky frenemy.

I found the book funny but also nerve
Continued from page 13 wracking as I didn’t know what was going
to happen in the end!
Blabber Mouth #2: Oops, It would be particularly suitable for girls
I’ve Told a Little Lie aged 7–12 who enjoy a bit of school yard
by Chrissie Perry (Scholastic Australia) drama.

Amelia is a blabbermouth and sometimes Rating: ★★★★★★★★ [8/10]
that gets her into trouble. But she has a
secret she cannot tell anyone – she writes — Lucie Swanton, Year 6, Flinders CCC

INFERNO Aflame

Burning, The trees all around me The smell of smoke crept through the door,
“Run!” yelled Mum, “to the car!”
The place I once called my home We sped off fast, and were on our way,
Engulfed in flames Mum again had saved the day.
No longer my own “We’re not safe yet” , Dad said
The sky above is orange ablaze Just then we saw flames ahead.
I’m surrounded by walls of flames They were flickering orange, red and black,
There’s no escape
The firefighters were holding them back.
I look around for help As the wind picked up, the fire grew,
I can’t see anything, no way out The car was filling up with smoke,
You couldn’t tell the sky was blue.
Trying to find my mother
She hasn’t come for me yet Covering us in its dark grey cloak.
Did she leave without me? The firemen said to get out of the way,
I’m stumbling around
And that everything would be OK.
I find my mother, her lungs inflamed Tears rolled down Dad’s face, Mum’s too,
I breathe in my last breath of toxic smoke They were watching the firefighters walk straight through.
And fall upon the fallen Oak “Will they ever come out?” I asked my Mum,
I’m with my mother now As she watched the fire, glum.
We’ve escaped Then three firefighters came out, and three had gone in,
I lay with her They saved our lives, with the air so thin!
In our final resting place They got the fire contained,

Until only one flame remained.
By Gabi Voges Then the last flame was put out,
Year 11, Glen Eira College On the land still in drought.
GLEN HUNTLY – VIC. But not aflame.

By Cate Gust
Year 5, Ivahoe East Primary School
IVANHOE EAST – VIC.
Teacher: Miss Silvestro

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