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1) Blades
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Julian Moreland, aged 12 3/4, lives in Darwin with his widowed father, Craig, a flying instructor in the army. They are very close, sharing a love of fishing and helicopters. Craig retires, moves to Melbourne for civilian work and is killed in a car accident. Julian is placed in foster care until the funeral. Arrangements are made for him to live with Craig's friends in Darwin. But upset that Craig is buried in Melbourne he runs away to become a street...
2) Street Kid
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Julian Moreland, aged 12 3/4, lives in Darwin with his widowed father, Craig, a colonel and helicopter flying instructor in the army. They have a close relationship, sharing a love of fishing and flying in helicopters. But Craig, who is in his late forties, has been in the military for thirty years. At Christmas, he retires from the army, and moves to Melbourne for civilian work in mid-January. On the afternoon of their arrival in Melbourne, Craig...
3) Storm Ridge
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Wesley Auld, his best friend Graham Finlay, worst enemy, Scott Willis and sixty other classmates take part in a hike up a mountain track in the Victorian high country in late September during a Year Eight school camp. With Graham's help he rescues Scott and nine others after they are caught out by a sudden blizzard. Together they spend a wild night in a small mountain hut. Wesley's acts of bravery impress Scott, just as other events in the hut cause...
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Julian arrives in Los Angeles to be met by the whole Clifford family, except Colin, who is in hospital with complications. He is especially pleased to see Alison. They drive him to the hospital to visit Colin. Alison now has her driving licence, and takes him sightseeing next day to Venice Beach, where, as they are about to head home, he frees another child who has been left locked in a car in the sun. Julian then passes the required flight test and...
5) Paddle Hard
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Having survived the blizzard together, and settled their differences, Wesley, Graham and Scott are a tight group. They are going on an overnight canoe trip on a lake in the following January with Wesley's teenage cousins, Dwight, Linda and Kim Hill. Dwight is still upset over the homicide death of an adult friend and mentor. Wesley's uncle and aunt hope that the campout will help him grieve. But Dwight has a terrifying secret about the killing that...
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