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A complex, introspective novel with vivid characters. . . . Hauntingly beautiful." — SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNALTwo loners in a country town find cause for hope when one of them encounters a long-lost animal in this taut, shimmering tale about daring to live a life beyond expectations.

Entwining a tale of missing children with the story of a lonely little boy, Sonya Hartnett captures the tenderness and dread of childhood in a work of exceptional storytelling.The year is 1977, and Adrian is nine. He lives with his gran and his uncle Rory. His best friend is Clinton Tull. Adrian loves to draw, and he wants a dog. He's afraid of quicksand, shopping centers, and self-combustion. But as closely as he watches his suburban world, t...

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Inghilterra, 1940. Cecily, dodici anni, e suo fratello Jeremy, quattordici, sono stati mandati in campagna nella lussuosa dimora di famiglia per sfuggire all'ormai imminente e temuto grande bombardamento di Londra. Insieme a loro c'è May, una piccola sfollata che la famiglia ha accolto per il periodo della guerra. Durante le loro scorribande, le due ragazzine scoprono le rovine di un castello su cui aleggia un'antica leggenda. È una storia cru...

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First published by Penguin Books (Australia) 2010"--T.p. verso.

Flute's family struggles to cope with life on the hot, dusty land. Her younger brother Tin seeks refuge in the contrast of an ancient subterranean world, a world that nutures but - as disturbing events reveal - can also kill.

Reissue of a psychological thriller from an award-winning author. Ages: 12+

As life slips away, Gabriel looks back over his brief twenty years that have been clouded by frustration and humiliation. A small town and distant parents ensure that he is never allowed to forget the horrific mistake he made as a child. He has only two friends - his dog Surrender, and the unruly wild boy Finnigan, with whom he made a boyhood pact. When a series of arson attacks grips the town, Gabriel realises how unpredictable and dangerous ...

The year is 1977, and Adrian is nine. He lives with his gran and his uncle Rory, his best friend is Clinton Tull. He loves to draw and he wants a dog, hes afraid of quicksand, shopping centres and self-combustion. Adrian watches his suburban world, but there is much he cannot understand. He does not for instance, know why three neighbourhood children might set out to buy ice-cream and never come back home... Sonya Hartnett captures perfectly t...

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Two gypsy boys are fleeing through a war-ravaged country-side during the night carrying a secret bundle. The boys stumble across a town that has been reduced to smoking rubble, and a zoo that is still intact. When the boys take shelter in the zoo, they discover a menagerie of talking animals. Both the boys and the animals tell their tales and their desire for freedom.

The soldier unfurled his fingers and held up the thing that he had hidden in his palm. The object caught the light and threw it sparkling into the trees. The girls drew a breath, their hearts leaping. There, on the soldiers palm, stood a shining silver donkey. One bright spring morning in the woods of France, a soldier, blinded by the war, is found by a little girl named Coco, and her older sister Marcelle. In return for their kindness, the so...

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Through the long years of the Great Depression, Harper Flute watches with a child's clear eyes her family's struggle to survive in a hot and impoverished landscape. As life on the surface grows harsher, her brother Tin escapes ever deeper into a subterranean world of darkness and troubling secrets, until his memory becomes a myth barely whispered around the countryside.

A real slice of family life, the sweet with the bitter." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Sadie and Ratz are the names of Hannah's hands. They aren't animals, but they behave like wild beasts. For one thing, they're always after four-year-old Baby Boy. Baby Boy knows how to turn the tables, though, and when he blames Sadie and Ratz for trouble he causes, Hannah may have to send Sadie and Ratz on vacation to prove their innocence. Award- winnin...

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