By the river
It is 1960s Australia and Harry lives with his dad and younger brother in a small town next to a river. Harry enjoys his share of the usual schoolboy fun and pranks, but there is also a tragedy underlying his life and that of the whole town. Suggested level: secondary. Life for Harry means swimming in Pearce Swamp, eating chunks of watermelon with his brother and his dad, survivinig schoolyard battles, and racing through butterflies in Cowpers Paddock. In his town there's Linda, who brings him…
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- Full title :By the river / Steven Herrick.
Summary
It is 1960s Australia and Harry lives with his dad and younger brother in a small town next to a river. Harry enjoys his share of the usual schoolboy fun and pranks, but there is also a tragedy underlying his life and that of the whole town. Suggested level: secondary.
Life for Harry means swimming in Pearce Swamp, eating chunks of watermelon with his brother and his dad, survivinig schoolyard battles, and racing through butterflies in Cowpers Paddock. In his town there's Linda, who brings him the sweetest-ever orange cake, and Johnny, whose lightning fists draw blood in a blur, and there's a mystery that Harry needs to solve before he can find a way out ...
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2004.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Allen & Unwin
- Place of Publication:Crows Nest, N.S.W
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2004.
The Physical Object
- Description:232 pages ; : 20 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1741143578, 9781741143577, 0702226106, 9780702226106
- oclc:ocm62541080
- LC Classification:PZ7.H43214
- Dewey Decimal:A821.3
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