The Children Of The King

Author: Sonya Hartnett

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Price : $24.99 AUD
ISBN : 9780670076130
Publisher : Penguin Books Australia
Imprint : Viking Australia
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Weight (g) : 0.35
Publication date : 01 April 2011
Dimensions : 206mm X 133mm
Produced in : Australia
RRP : 24.99
Availability date : 01 June 2014
Out of print date : 01 January 2020
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Author : Sonya Hartnett
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Dewey classification : A823.00
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Pages : 204
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Description

Cecily and Jeremy have been sent to live with Uncle Peregrine in the country, safe from the war, along with a young refugee named May. But when Cecily and May find two mysterious boys hiding out in a nearby castle ruin, and Jeremy runs away to London to help in the war effort, several destinies come together to make an extraordinary adventure. A hauntingly beautiful story set in England during World War II from one of Australia's most acclaimed writers for children.

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CBCA Shortlist 2013

Awards

CBCA Early Readers Shortlist 2013

2013 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards shortlist

Author description

Sonya Hartnett is the internationally acclaimed author of several novels, including Thursday's Child, Forest, and Of a Boy. In 2010 Sonya published her debut picture book, The Boy and the Toy, and her latest novel for younger readers, The Midnight Zoo.

Acknowledgement of country

The Bundjalung of Byron Bay Arakwal People have lived in the coastal landscape around Byron Bay for at least 22,000 years.We acknowledge and show respect for the original people on the land on which we are based. We respectfully acknowledge the ancient cultural presence in the Australian landscape by First Nation peoples and their ongoing traditional and spiritual custodianship of the marine areas, beaches, bush, rivers, lakes and mountains.