The road to Gundagai / Jackie French.
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TextSeries: French, Jackie. Matilda saga ; 3.Publisher: Sydney, NSW : Angus & Robertson, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Description: 436 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780732297220 (pbk.); 9781743099834 (ebook)Subject(s): Orphans -- Juvenile fiction | Circus -- Juvenile fiction | Circus performers -- Juvenile fiction | Australia -- Social conditions -- 1929-1939 -- Juvenile fictionGenre/Form: Young adult fiction. DDC classification: A823.3 Also available as an electronic version via the Internet.Awards: 2014 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards collection. Summary: YA. Blue Lawrence has escaped the prison of her aunt's mansion to join The Magnifico Family Circus, a travelling troupe that brings glamour and laughter to country towns gripped by the Depression. Blue hides her crippled legs and scars behind the sparkle of a mermaid's costume; but she's not the only member of the circus hiding a dark secret. The unquenchable Madame Zlosky creates as well as foresees futures. The bearded lady is a young man with laughing eyes. A headless skeleton dangles in the House of Horrors. And somewhere a murderer is waiting ... to strike again. This third book in the Waltz for Matilda saga is set in 1932, at the height of the Depression. Miss Matilda is still running Drinkwater Station, but has put aside her own tragedy to help those suffering in tough economic times and Joey, from The Girl from Snowy River, uses his new medical skills to solve a mystery.Summary: 11 yrs+
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Young Adult | JF FRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111055551558 |
For ages 11+.
2014 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards collection.
Also available as an electronic version via the Internet.
YA. Blue Lawrence has escaped the prison of her aunt's mansion to join The Magnifico Family Circus, a travelling troupe that brings glamour and laughter to country towns gripped by the Depression. Blue hides her crippled legs and scars behind the sparkle of a mermaid's costume; but she's not the only member of the circus hiding a dark secret. The unquenchable Madame Zlosky creates as well as foresees futures. The bearded lady is a young man with laughing eyes. A headless skeleton dangles in the House of Horrors. And somewhere a murderer is waiting ... to strike again. This third book in the Waltz for Matilda saga is set in 1932, at the height of the Depression. Miss Matilda is still running Drinkwater Station, but has put aside her own tragedy to help those suffering in tough economic times and Joey, from The Girl from Snowy River, uses his new medical skills to solve a mystery.
11 yrs+
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