Staying Alive in Year Five

by John Marsden · 1996

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Scott and his friends are simply staying alive in year 5 until their surprising new teacher, Mr Murlin, comes along.

Boring textbooks go into the bin, eating chocolate in class becomes compulsory and suddenly it's OK to be weird.

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But Mr Murlin is not popular with everyone...

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childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
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AustraliaAustraliaMore like thisLess of this
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childrensyoung adult

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