Tales from Outer Suburbia
New York, NY : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2009.
Format: Book
Edition: First American edition.
Description: 92 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Fifteen illustrated short stories, some humorous and some haunting, set in the Australian suburbs.
Contents:
The water buffalo -- Eric -- Broken toys -- Distant rain -- Undertow -- Grandpa's story -- No other country -- Stick figures -- The nameless holiday -- The amnesia machine -- Alert but not alarmed -- Wake -- Make your own pet -- Our expedition -- Night of the turtle rescue.
Subjects:
Suburban life -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction.
Short stories -- Juvenile literature.
Australia -- Juvenile fiction.
Suburban life -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction.
Short stories -- Juvenile literature.
Australia -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: 1040L
ISBN:
9780545055871 (hardcover)
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 6.5 1.
A Junior Library Guild selection
A Junior Library Guild selection