Robert runs / Mariah Sweetman.
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TextPublisher: Broome, WA : Magabala Books, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: 191 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781922613387Subject(s): Anderson, Robert -- Juvenile fiction | Deebing Creek Aboriginal Mission (Qld.) -- History -- Juvenile fiction | Aboriginal Australians -- Queensland -- Juvenile fiction | Families -- Juvenile fiction | Running -- Competitions -- Juvenile fiction | Aboriginal Australians -- Death -- Juvenile fiction | Massacres -- Juvenile fiction | Queensland -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fictonGenre/Form: Young adult fiction. | Historical fiction. | Biographical fiction.Summary: Robert runs is a thriller based on the author's great-great grandfather, Robert 'Goupong' Anderson, who was once the fastest man in Australia and world-record holder. Goupong, his little sister Dot, and his best friend Jonathan belong to the Ugarapul people, the Green Tree Frog tribe, and live with their families and others within the harsh confines of the Deebing Creek Mission -- a place run by the malevolent Boss Man. Goupong and Jonathan are focused on winning the mission's biggest running race that year, but when mysterious noises, unexplained occurrences and biblical events begin to plague the local area they are forced to investigate.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Young Adult | JF SWE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111088757289 |
Adolescent.
Robert runs is a thriller based on the author's great-great grandfather, Robert 'Goupong' Anderson, who was once the fastest man in Australia and world-record holder. Goupong, his little sister Dot, and his best friend Jonathan belong to the Ugarapul people, the Green Tree Frog tribe, and live with their families and others within the harsh confines of the Deebing Creek Mission -- a place run by the malevolent Boss Man. Goupong and Jonathan are focused on winning the mission's biggest running race that year, but when mysterious noises, unexplained occurrences and biblical events begin to plague the local area they are forced to investigate.
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