Regional Information

 

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, Booklists & dates for each region will be added as the information becomes available.

NOTE: A regional competition will only be held if two or more teams register in a section for that region.
 

Brisbane Bayside

Year 6/7 competition will be held

Year 8/9 competition will be held

Brisbane Central

Year 6/7 competition will be held Wednesday 13 June commencing at 9.30 a.m.

Venue for Final:  Rainworth State School




There is no Year 8/9 competition for Central.  Please enter your team in Brisbane North 8/9.

Brisbane North

Year 6/7 competition will be held Thursday 14 June commencing at 9:30am.

Venue: Aspley State School 
 
Year 8/9 competition will be held 

Brisbane West

Year 6/7 competition will be held

Year 8/9 competition will be held

Brisbane South

Year 8/9 competition - Teams registered for Readers’ Cup this year can begin reading ....  The regional final is to be held at 

Year 6/7 Competition will be held

Bundaberg

Year 6/7 and 8/9 competitions will be held

Capricornia

Year 6/7 and Year 8/9 competitions will be held

Capricornia will allow two teams per school in the year Year 6/7 and 8/9 competition

Darling Downs

The competitions for Year 6/7 and 8/9 will be held Fairholme College on 14 June.
The 6/7 competition will be from 4 - 5.30 pm and the 8/9 competition will be from 7 - 8.30 pm.

Far North Qld (Cairns, Tablelands)

Year 6/7 and 8/9  competition will be held

Far North Qld Region will allow two teams per school in the  8/9 competition

Gold Coast

Year 6/7 competition will be held
 
Year 8/9 competition will be held
 

Ipswich

The Year 6/7 competition will be held at Silkstone SS  on Thursday 7th June.
Registration at 9:15 for  9:45 start. 5 books  + 1 round of reading trivia

There is no Year 8/9 competition for Ipswich.  Please enter your team in Brisbane West.

Somerset-Lockyer

The Year 6/7 and 8/9 competition will be held Thursday 14 June 2012 at Lowood State High School. The Quizmaster will be Brian Falkner!
Somerset-Lockyer Region will allow two teams per school in the  8/9 competition

Mackay

The competition for Year 6/7 will be held

The competition for Year 8/9 will be held
Mackay Region will allow two teams per school in the  8/9 competition

North Qld (Townsville)

Year 6/7 and 8/9 competitions will be held

Sunshine Coast

Year 6/7 competition will be held 

Year 8/9 competition will be held


Mt Isa

Currently no coordinator.
Year 6/7 competition will be held at...

Year 8/9 competition will be held at....

Roma

Currently no coordinator.
Year 6/7 competition will be held at...

Year 8/9 competition will be held at....


 


Books to be read

Brisbane Bayside Yr 6/ 7
 
 
Brisbane Bayside 8/9
  1. The Invisible Hero - Elizabeth Fensham
  2. Nanberry : black brother white - Jackie French
  3. The bridge - Jane Higgins
  4. After ever after - Jordan Sonnenblick
  5. Whisper - Christine Keighery
  6. Stolen Girl - Trina Saffioti and Norma MacDonald
 
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Brisbane South 6/7
 
 
Brisbane South Yr 8/9
  1. Caro, J  Just a Girl
  2. French, J Flood
  3. Grisham, J Theodore Boone: young lawyer
  4. Morpurgo, M Shadow
  5. Phelan, J  Chasers (Alone series)
 
 
Brisbane Central Year 6/7
  1. Henry Hoey Hobson by Christine Bongers
  2. Warhorse by Michael Morpurgo
  3. Captain Congo and the Maharajah's Monkey by Ruth Starke
  4. The Golden Door by Emily Rodda
  5. Toppling by Sally Murphy

Brisbane North Year 6/7

  1. Henry Hoey Hobson by Christine Bongers
  2. Warhorse by Michael Morpurgo
  3. Captain Congo and the Maharajah's Monkey by Ruth Starke
  4. The Golden Door by Emily Rodda
  5. Toppling by Sally Murphy
 
Brisbane North Year 8/9
 
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Brisbane West Year 6/7


Brisbane West Year 8/9

 
 
Darling Downs Year 6/7
  1. Harry's War – John Heffernan
  2. War Horse – Michael Morpurgo
  3. Because of Winn-Dixie – Kate DiCamillo  
  4. Toppling – Sally Murphy                  
  5. Vegetable Ark - Kim Kane and Sue de Gennaro

 
Darling Downs Year 8/9
  1. Harry's War – John Heffernan
  2. The Golden Day – Ursula Dubosarsky
  3. War Horse – Michael Morpurgo
  4. The Phantom Tollbooth – Norman Juster
  5. Vegetable Ark - Kim Kane and Sue de Gennaro

 
Bundaberg Year 6/7
  1. The Golden Door by Emily Rodda
  2. Chess nuts by Julia Lawrinson
  3. Flood by Jackie French
  4. The 13-storey tree-house by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
  5. War horse by Michael Morpurgo
  6. The invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

Bundaberg Year 8/9
  1. The 13-storey tree-house by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
  2. War horse by Michael Morpurgo
  3. The invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
  4. The outcasts; Brotherband by John Flanagan
  5. The rules of cool, Mac Slater Cool Hunter by Tristan Bancks
  6. Stolen girl by Tina Saffioti

 
Far North Qld (Cairns) Year 6/7
  1.  Golden Door – Emily Rodda
  2.  Thai-riffic – Oliver Phommavanh
  3.  Just a Dog – Michael Bauer
  4.  Toppling – Sally Murphy
  5.  Henry Hoey Hobson – Christine Bongers
  6.  Vegetable Ark – Kim Kane
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Far North Qld (Cairns) Year 8/9
  1. Emerald Atlas   by John Stephens     (fantasy)
  2. A Pocketful of Eyes by Lili Wilkinson   (mystery/crime)
  3. First Light by Rebecca Stead   (science fiction)
  4. Wonderstruck – Brian Selznick (Hugo Cabret) – pictures and words    (graphic)
  5. War Horse by Michael Morpurgo (animal story/ history)
  6. The Apothecary by Maile Meloy     (historical (1952)/mystery /adventure)
 
 
Gold Coast 6/7
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Gold Coast 8/9
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Capricornia Year 6/7
  1. The 13 Storey House – Andy Griffiths
  2. Thai-Riffic – Oliver Phommavanh
  3. Camelot – Colin Thompson
  4. The Golden Door – Emily Rodda
  5. Family Forest – Kim Kane

 
 
Capricornia Year 8/9
  1. The Best Day of my Life – Deborah Ellis
  2. Gladiator – Simon Scarrow
  3. Invisible Hero – Elizabeth Fensham
  4. Whisper – Chrissie Keighery
  5. The Outcast (Brotherband) – John  Flanagan.
  6. Memorial – Gary Crew and Shaun Tan (picture book)
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Sunshine Coast Year 6/7
  1. Moya Simons: Let Me Whisper You My Story
  2. James Moloney: The Book of Lies
  3. Michael Gerard Bauer: Dinosaur Knights
  4. Alan Sunderland: Refugee: The Diary of Ali Ismael (My Australian Story)
  5. Shaun Tan: The Lost Thing (DVD)
 
Sunshine Coast Year 8/9

 
Mackay 6/7

 
Mackay 8/9

 
Ipswich Year 6/7
  1. I Am Jack - Susanne Gervay
  2. Billionaire's Curse - Richard Newsome
  3. War Horse - Michael Morporgo
  4. Golden Door - Emily Rodda
  5. Captain Congo and the Maharaja's Monkey - Ruth Starke and Greg Holfeld

Somerset-Lockyer 6/7
  1. Golden Door by Emily Rodda
  2. Toppling by Sally Murphy
  3. The Flea Thing by Brian Falkner
  4. War Horse by Michael Morpurgp
  5. Mosquito Advertising, the Parfizz Pitch by Kate Hunter
  6. Once by Morris Gleitzman


Somerset-Lockyer 8/9
  1. Don’t call me Ishmael by Michael Bauer
  2. Brainjack by Brian Falkner
  3. Silvermay by James Moloney
  4. War Horse by Michael Morpurgp
  5. Mosquito Advertising, the Parfizz Pitch by Kate Hunter
  6. Once by Morris Gleitzman


 
North Queensland (Townsville) 6/7
  1. Henry Hoey Hobson by Christine Bongers
  2. Hungry Ghosts by Sally Heinrich
  3. The 13- Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths
  4. War Horse by Michael Morgurgo
  5. The little refugee by Anh do
  6. The Red Pyramid - The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan
 
North Queensland (Townsville) 8/9
  1. War Horse by Michael Morgurgo
  2. The little refugee by Anh do
  3. The Red Pyramid - The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan
  4. Silvermay by James Moloney
  5. Trash by Andy Mulligan
  6. Nanberry: black brother white by Jackie French
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