Playing Beatie Bow (Paperback)

Ruth Park

ISBN 10: 0140314601 / ISBN 13: 9780140314601

Published by Penguin Random House Australia, Hawthorn, 1982

About this Item

Paperback. A thrilling adventure story for children and young adults by beloved Australian author, Ruth Park.'It's Beatie Bow - risen from the dead!'The game is called Beatie Bow and the children play it for the thrill of scaring themselves. But when Abigail is drawn in, the game is quickly transformed into an extraordinary, sometimes horrifying adventure as she finds herself transported to a place that is foreign yet strangely familiar . . . A thrilling adventure story for children and young adults by Park Ruth, Playing Beatie Bow follows Abigail as she suddenly finds herself in the Sydney of a hundred years ago as the result of a scary game. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Seller Inventory # 9780140314601

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Playing Beatie Bow (Paperback)
• Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia, Hawthorn
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140314601
• ISBN 13: 9780140314601
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

Disturbed that her mother could welcome back her unfaithful father, Abigail Kirk undergoes a mysterious voyage to nineteenth-century Australia, where her experiences help her to understand the power of love and to accept her father

About the Author

Ruth Park was born in New Zealand and spent most of her life in Australia. She was born in 1922 in Auckland, and later moved to Te Kuiti in the north of the country with her parents. Ruth Park won the Miles Franklin Award for Swords and Crowns and Rings (1977), the Boston Globe Award for Playing Beatie Bow (1980), and was awarded the 1993 Lloyd O'Neil Magpie Award for services to the Australian book industry.