| ISBN |
9781760112042 (paperback) |
| 1760112046 (paperback) |
| Name |
Dubosarsky, Ursula, 1961- author. |
| Title |
Brindabella / written by Ursula Dubosarsky ; illustrated by Andrew Joyner. |
| Published |
Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2018. |
| ©2018 |
| Description |
190 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
| Summary |
This is a story about a boy called Pender and a kangaroo called Brindabella, about how they became friends, and all the things that happened to them because of it. Pender and his father live in an old house made of honey-coloured stone in the bush by the river, with only the company of his father's paintings and the loyal dog, Billy-Bob. Then, on one winter morning, a gunshot amongst the trees changes everything. When Pender rescues Brindabella from the pouch of her murdered mother, an unusual friendship blossoms between the lonely boy and the orphaned joey. But Brindabella is no ordinary kangaroo. And though Pender has saved her life, the untameable wildness of the bush--and freedom--call to her... Lyrical and unforgettable, Brindabella explores the brutal beauty of the Australian bush. |
| Target audience note |
8 - 12 years. |
| Reading Program Note |
Premier's Reading Challenge 5-6. |
| Subjects |
Country life -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction |
| Kangaroos -- Juvenile fiction |
| Kangaroos -- Infancy -- Juvenile fiction |
| Animal rescue -- Juvenile fiction |
| Human-animal relationships -- Juvenile fiction |
| Australian fiction |
| Children's stories |
| Premier's Reading Challenge 5-6 |
| Other Names |
Joyner, Andrew illustrator. |
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