Walkabout. James Vance Marshall
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780141325682 (0141325682)
Publish date: March 1st 2009
Publisher: Puffin Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Cultural,
Survival,
Read For School,
Coming Of Age,
Australia
5/7 - This was a set book for literature in about Year 9. Thinking about it now, over a decade later, after only reading it that one time, I'm surprised at how many details of the plot I remember. I didn't love it or hate it, landing at either end of the rating scale usually being the best way to ma...
Interesting premise: After a small-plane crash in the Australian bush, the pilot and co-pilot die leaving only the passengers: a boy, Peter, age 9 and his sister Mary, age 14. After witnessing the death of both adults, eating the only food they have (a barley sugar stick), and drinking from a gully,...
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