Earthsong

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Puffin Books, 1997 - Juvenile Fiction - 238 pages
The earth of our distant future has become a strange and frightening place. Now, thousands of years later, two off-worlder humans Anna and Joe, are sent back to this wild and unpopulated planet to try to begin human life all over again. But what they discover is a world far more confusing, far more powerful than they had ever imagined. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.

About the author (1997)

Victor Kelleher was born in London in 1939 and moved to Australia in 1976 via Africa and New Zealand. He was formerly an associate professor of literature, but chose to write full-time from his home He writes books for both children and adults including Papio, Baily's Bones, The Red King, Taronga, Fire Dancer, The Ivory Trail, Brother Night, Dogboy, and Goblin in the Snow. He has won numerous awards including the Ditmar Award for Best Australian Novel for Beast of Heaven in 1985, Kids Own Aust Literature Award (KOALA) in 1991 for The Red King, the Children's Peace Lit Award (PEACE) in 1989 for The Makers, and the CBC Book of the Year in 1983 for Master of the Grove. He also writes under the pseudonym of Veronica Hart.

Bibliographic information

TitleEarthsong
Kerry White collection of Australian children's books
AuthorVictor Kelleher
Editionreprint
PublisherPuffin Books, 1997
ISBN0140380027, 9780140380026
Length238 pages
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Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic
  
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