1. Gracey wins a state championship race and is offered a scholarship to study in Brisbane.
2. Heavy rains cause flooding in their town, forcing residents to sandbag against the rising waters.
3. As the flood waters rise and enter the community hall, Dougy finds a safe space for his family in the ceiling until a helicopter arrives to rescue those trapped inside.
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1. Gracey wins a state championship race and is offered a scholarship to study in Brisbane.
2. Heavy rains cause flooding in their town, forcing residents to sandbag against the rising waters.
3. As the flood waters rise and enter the community hall, Dougy finds a safe space for his family in the ceiling until a helicopter arrives to rescue those trapped inside.
1. Gracey wins a state championship race and is offered a scholarship to study in Brisbane.
2. Heavy rains cause flooding in their town, forcing residents to sandbag against the rising waters.
3. As the flood waters rise and enter the community hall, Dougy finds a safe space for his family in the ceiling until a helicopter arrives to rescue those trapped inside.
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1. Gracey wins a state championship race and is offered a scholarship to study in Brisbane.
2. Heavy rains cause flooding in their town, forcing residents to sandbag against the rising waters.
3. As the flood waters rise and enter the community hall, Dougy finds a safe space for his family in the ceiling until a helicopter arrives to rescue those trapped inside.
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Plotline Activity - The following are progression points in the story,
but they have become jumbled. Find the correct order and write the information out in the correct order of events.
1. Gracey wins the final and becomes State Champion
2. Rains to the north of town cause the river to rise and the townspeople begin sandbagging to keep the rising waters out of town 3. Gracey and Dougy run to the hall with Craig and Brett to hide from the shooting 4. Mr Price goes to Johnny Warren’s house to try to talk to him 5. Mr Jenkins and Paddy O’Shea organise for Gracey to race in Brisbane 6. Dad tells the story of the Moodagudda 7. Raymond grabs the gun from Ron Kendall 8. Cooper turns up on ‘Sesame Street’ with some friends to try to find Johnny Warren 9. Cooper and Ron Kendall break into the hall 10. Gracey hurts her arm and Cooper runs off 11. Gracey’s school friends are divided over the money Gracey’s family is getting to travel to Brisbane to watch her race 12. Gracey falls into the flood waters 13. Mum, Raymond, Gracey, and Dougy take a train ride to Brisbane 14. Mum organises a party to celebrate Gracey’s race win and her scholarship to be held at the local hall 15. No one knows who fired the first shot 16. Raymond shoots Ron Kendall 17. Raymond runs commando style to get into the hall 18. Mrs Granello offers Gracey a scholarship to study at Hamilton College in Brisbane 19. Gracey convinces Ron Kendall to tell the truth about Melissa and stop the ‘whites’ from any more shooting 20. The town is a ghost town, the people don’t return. 21. The rising waters start entering the hall and Dougy finds safety for his family in the ceiling of the hall 22. The helicopter comes to rescue the kids from the hall 23. Gracey’s school friends celebrate her good fortune in getting funding to go to Brisbane 24. Gracey saves Tiny and brings him into the hall and Tiny tells what happened really happened to Melissa Brodie in the sand hills 25. The final body is pulled from the raging river