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Contents

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Editorial – Ms Danielle Cooper, Learning Leader, English

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Year 7

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Catherine Andronis – Cover Up

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Jordan Cook – Society Shaped Masks

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Sophia Doufas – Hummingbirds

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Sophia Doufas – The Moreton Bay Fig Tree

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Sascha Gillam – On My Own

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Chloe Huang – Ink

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Chloe Huang – Fade

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Eliza Klotz – Gold

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Abigail Richards – Australian Secret Intelligence Services

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Anna Timm – Be Careful

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Anna Timm – Carpe Diem

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Renita Yang – The Piano

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Renita Yang – Clandestine

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Year 8

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Bella Eames – The Nostalgia Of Rain For Leroy Wilson

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Susan Fang – Spectrum

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Madeline Truong – The Coat

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Phoebe Whittfield – The Vine Vase

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Maya Wilmshurst – This Matters

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Year 9

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Hayley Do – Fresh-Fallen Snow

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Jacqueline Du – What Do You Mean Hermione Granger’s Not Real?

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Jacqueline Du – Queen Of The Market

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Ellora Kelly – Boundless Plains To Share

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Angela Lin – Wednesday

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Phoebe Trahar – Remember It All

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Sienna Williams-Starkie – Walk In My Shoes

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Jennifer Wu – Boys Aren’t Meant To Cry

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Year 10

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Georgia Bayley – Boat People

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Ciara Brennan – In Hindsight

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Jessica Clarke – Politics

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Ella Crosby – To Quit or Not to Quit

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Laura Flood – No End

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Amy Hale – Dear

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Jessica Hepworth – Sonder

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Navya Kataria – Him

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Madison Melton – Worse Games to Play

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Elina Roupas – Ignis

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Lily Tarry-Smith – Imprint on Your Soul

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Laura Tinney – The Flight of a Porcelain Puppet

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Year 11

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Calida Evans – On The Floor Of The World

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Rachelle Papantuono – A Star To Keep

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Roshica Ponnampalam – Miscellany

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Meredith Rule – Technology Is Doing More Harm Than Good In Our Schools

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Stella Skoullos – Minor Major

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Felicity Smith – The Weight Of The Coat, The Weight Of The Heart

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Year 12

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Annie Gleisner – Sea Of Purple

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Crystal Hua – Wet Spell

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Claire Smart – Surrender And Dishonour And Discipline And Glory

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Hannah Winspear-Schillings – Gun Violence In America

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Hannah Winspear-Schillings – Courage To Live

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Grace Zimmerman – Bites

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