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Of a Boy: Popular Penguins
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Of a Boy: Popular Penguins
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Sonya Hartnett
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:208 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 307,Width 157 |
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| Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780143202615
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| Classifications | Dewey:A823.3 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Penguin Random House Australia
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| Imprint |
Penguin Random House Australia
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| Publication Date |
29 June 2009 |
| Publication Country |
Australia
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Description
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; he's afraid of quicksand 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...
Author Biography
Sonya Hartnett is the internationally acclaimed author of several novels, including Thursday's Child (winner of the 2002 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize) and Forest (winner of the 2002 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year: Older Readers). Her adult novel, Of a Boy, won The Age Book of the Year Award in 2003 and was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award. The Silver Donkey was CBC Book of the Year (Young readers) in 2005. Surrender was shortlisted for The Age Book of the Year Award and the Aurealis Award - Fantasy Division in 2005. In 2008, Sonya Hartnett became the first Australian recipient of The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.
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