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Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
Ruth Park
Two favourites in one volume. Callie’s Castle introduces Callie Cameron, who is unhappy with her friend Frances, her family and, well, life. In Callie’s Family, we return to the Cameron…
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The gritty realism of family life lived in the poverty-stricken slum of inner Sydney’s Surry Hills during the 1940s. Also includes Missus and Poor Man’s Orange.
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A fresh new edition of a timeless classic Ages: 4+ Josh is a little boy who likes to make faces. He practises his scary faces every day. If only Josh…
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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…
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Hugh and Margaret Darcy are raising their family in Sydney amid the brothels, grog shops and rundown boarding houses of Surry Hills, where money is scarce and life is not…
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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…
