Millard, Glenda,

A small free kiss in the dark / Glenda Millard. - Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2009. - 226 pages ; 20 cm. - Children's Book Council of Australia awards 2010 .

"The Children's Book Council of Australia short-listed book"--Cover.

Publisher's description: A captivating story about two young boys, an old tramp, a beautiful lost dancer and her sweet baby Sixpence - rag-tag survivors of a sudden war, playing happy families in the remnants of a fun fair until violence shatters their fragile world.

For lower secondary school age.


Teacher notes reproduced with permission of Australian Standing Orders/Scholastic

The Children's Book Council of Australia, short-listed book.

9781741756586 (pbk.)

$20.00

2010413085


UQP young adult fiction


Fiction.
Alienation.
Families.
Family--Juvenile fiction.
Refugees--Juvenile fiction.
Survival--Juvenile fiction.
Homeless persons--Juvenile fiction.
2010 Children's Book Council of Australia awards (shortlisted)
City and town life--Juvenile fiction.
Homeless children--Fiction.
War--Juvenile fiction.
Urban warfare--Fiction.
Adventure stories, Australian.
Homeless boys--Melbourne, Australia--Juvenile fiction.
Eccentrics and eccentricities--Fiction.
War stories.
War stories--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Refugees--Fiction.
Homeless persons--Fiction.
Babies--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
War--Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Refugees--Fiction.
Homeless persons--Fiction.
Babies--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
War--Fiction.
Young adult fiction, Australian.
Young adult fiction.


Australia--Fiction.
Australia--Fiction.


Adventure stories.
War stories.
War stories.
Young adult fiction
Young adult fiction
Teen fiction
Adventure fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.
War.
Action and adventure fiction.
Young adult fiction
Fiction.
Young adult works.
War
Young adult fiction
Adventure fiction
Adventure stories
Action and adventure fiction
War
Teen fiction
Action and adventure fiction
Young adult fiction
Young adult fiction

PZ7.M6033 / Sm 2009

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