Audrey of the Outback - Softcover

Harris, Christine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1442951575 ISBN 13: 9781442951570

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant, 2012

Synopsis

Meet Audrey Barlow - a girl with a lot on her mind. Her dad has gone away to work, her brother Price thinks he's too old for games, and little Dougie likes pretending to be a bird. So together with her best friend Stumpy, Audrey ponders some of life's big questions ... like whether being a swaggie is lonelier than being a girl, and whether it's better to be a sheep or a cow. Follow Audrey and Stumpy through this dazzler of a story and discover how friends are never far away ... even in the Outback. You'll soon wish you lived there too.

About this title

About the Author:

Christine Harris has lived in different parts of South Australia, some of them isolated country areas. The directions to one of her houses went like this: the first fridge on the right, fifteen kilometres after the last pub'. Kangaroos jumped past her kitchen window, and she once found a snake skin in the shed. She spent much of her childhood in the wild places of her imagination, as a princess in a castle, a pirate on the wild seas, an archaeologist. Even her best friend, Jennifer Hobbar, was imaginary. But Christine only realised this when she tried to visit Jennifer's house and had no idea where it was. Christine believes the Outback draws you back to visit, again and again. She also believes that, with a vivid imagination, you can travel anywhere.

Review:

"Children will love the fast pace of the plot, and the character development gives the book a nice depth."  —School Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: ReadHowYouWant
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1442951575
• ISBN 13: 9781442951570
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160