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Of A Boy by Sonya Hartnett
$24.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
Adrian (9) lives with his gran and uncle Rory. He loves to draw, wants a dog and fears quicksand, shopping centres and self-combustion. He cannot understand why three local children might set out to buy ice-cream and never come back home... Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize (South East Asia and t ...Show more
Of a Boy: Popular Penguins by Sonya Hartnett
$9.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Internationally published author: the US, Canada, Germany, Italy, Norway and Denmark. Award winning author. The year is 1977, and Adrian is nine. He lives with his gran and his uncle Rory; his best friend is Clinton Tull. He loves to draw and he wants a dog; he's afraid of quicksand, shopping centres an ...Show more
Sleeping Dogs by Sonya Hartnett
$19.99 AUD
Category: Children's & YA
'We must be ruthless,' Edward snarls, 'because we lead ruthless lives. This is our existence. This house, this land, that father, that mother - there's no pity, there's no mercy, there's probably no escape.' The Willow family's world is a place of strange safety and dark unease. But such a place cannot ...Show more
Sleeping Dogs by Sonya Hartnett
$17.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: From 16 To 99
Winner of the 1996 Miles Franklin Inaugural Kathleen Mitchell Award. Winner of the 1996 Victorian Premier's Literary Award Sheaffer Pen Prize. Honour Book in the 1996 Childrens Book Council Awards. 'We must be ruthless,' Edward snarls, 'because we lead ruthless lives: you, of anyone, should understand t ...Show more
Stripes of the Sidestep Wolf by Sonya Hartnett
$19.99 AUD
Category: Children's & YA
The animal swerved into the bracken, its smooth long tail slipping away. Satchel listened a minute for any sign of it but it was gone ...He wondered what its name had been, who had owned it, what hard history had left it alone here, at the foot of the hanging volcano. In a dying country town lives a you ...Show more
Surrender by Sonya Hartnett
$9.95 AUD
Category: Display & Gift | Series: Popular Penguins | Reading Level: good-very good
"Sophisticated young readers will be awed by the delicate, measured, heartbreaking portrait that emerges." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) As life slips away, Gabriel looks back over his brief twenty years, which have been clouded by frustration and humiliation. A small, unforgiving town and distant ...Show more
Surrender by Sonya Hartnett
$22.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
Gabriel is dying from an undisclosed illness. He relives his brief 20 years, remembering his parents' over-protectiveness, his wild friend Finnigan who encouraged him to do terrible things, and his dear dog Surrender. Told from the perspectives of Gabriel and Finnigan, the voices are eerily alike in ton ...Show more
Surrender by Sonya Hartnett
$29.95 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks
From the author of the acclaimed, award-winning About a Boy ($ 27.95) comes a dark and delicate new novel of suspense. As 20-year-old Gabriel
The Best Australian Stories 2012 by Sonya Hartnett
$29.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
In The Best Australian Stories 2012, Sonya Hartnett compiles the year's most compelling short fiction from Australian authors. Well-known voices are juxtaposed with those of emerging writers, creating an eclectic and exciting blend of styles and themes. These stories are a marvellous introduction to Aus ...Show more
The Boy and the Toy by Sonya Hartnett
$14.99 AUD
Category: Children's & YA
One day a man invented the best toy in the world. He gave the toy to his son. The boy thought the toy was marvellous. But as time passed, the boy started to wonder. Was it really the best toy in the world? An unforgettable tale that explores the meaning of friendship.
The Boy and the Toy by Sonya Hartnett
$24.95 AUD
Category: Children's & YA | Reading Level: 6-8
One day a man invented the best toy in the world. He gave the toy to his son. The boy thought the toy was marvellous. It could do anything!But as time passed, the boy started to wonder about the toy. Was it really the best toy in the world?