Playing Beatie Bow

Author: Ruth Park

Price: $16.95
$16.95
SKU: 9780140314601

A thrilling adventure story for children and young adults by Park Ruth, Playing Beatie Bow follows Abigail as she suddenly finds herself in the Sydney of a hundred years ago as the result of a scary game.

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Book Cover:  Playing Beatie Bow: Australian Children's Classics

'Now then,' thought Abigail, 'something very weird has happened to me. I'm in the last century. I don't know why, and that doesn't matter. I've got to get back.'

Every so often, there comes a story so brilliant and lively and moving that it cannot be left in the past. Rediscover the magic of our country's most memorable children's books in the Penguin Australia Children's Classics series of stories...

'Now then,' thought Abigail, 'something very weird has happened to me. I'm in the last century. I don't know why, and that doesn't matter. I've got to get back.'

Every so often, there comes a story so...

Published: 20/03/2013
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780670076864
RRP: $19.99
Book Cover:  Playing Beatie Bow: Australian Children's Classics

'Now then,' thought Abigail, 'something very weird has happened to me. I'm in the last century. I don't know why, and that doesn't matter. I've got to get back.'

Every so often, there comes a story so brilliant and lively and moving that it cannot be left in the past. Rediscover the magic of our country's most memorable children's books in the Penguin Australia Chlidren's Classics series of stories...

'Now then,' thought Abigail, 'something very weird has happened to me. I'm in the last century. I don't know why, and that doesn't matter. I've got to get back.'

Every so often, there comes a story...

Published: 20/11/2012
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781742538075
Price: $12.99
Book Cover: The Harp in the South: Popular Penguins

Ruth Park's classic novel The Harp in the South  is one of Australia's greatest novels. Hugh and Margaret Darcy are raising their family in Sydney amid the brothels, grog shops and run-down boarding houses of Surry Hills, where money is scarce and life is not easy.

Filled with beautifully drawn characters that will make you laugh as much as cry, this Australian classic will take you straight back...

Ruth Park's classic novel The Harp in the South  is one of Australia's greatest novels. Hugh and Margaret Darcy are raising their family in Sydney amid the brothels, grog shops and run-down boarding...

Published: 29/06/2009
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143202752
RRP: $9.95
Book Cover:  Playing Beatie Bow: Popular Penguins

The game is called Beatie Bow and the children play it for the thrill of scaring themselves.  But when Abigail is drawn in, the game is quickly transformed into an extraordinary, sometimes horrifying, adventure as she finds herself transported to a place that is foreign yet strangely familiar . . .

The game is called Beatie Bow and the children play it for the thrill of scaring themselves.  But when Abigail is drawn in, the game is quickly transformed into an extraordinary, sometimes horrifying...

Published: 28/06/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143204879
RRP: $9.95
Book Cover:  Playing Beatie Bow Popular Penguin
Published: 28/06/2010
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781742530864
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Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781742530949
Price: $19.99
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'Ruth Park . . . that steady glow at the heart of Australian literature.' Ruth Cracknell

Three of Ruth Park's best loved books – Missus , The Harp in the South and Poor Man's Orange – are brought together in this volume, tracing the saga of the Darcy family over thirty years. The story has its beginnings in the awkward courtship of dreamily innocent Margaret Kilker and unwilling hero Hugh...

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Published: 02/03/2009
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143180159
RRP: $29.95
Published:31/01/1982
Format:Paperback, 204 pages
RRP:$16.95
price:AUD $16.95
ISBN-13:9780140314601
ISBN-10:0140314601
Origin:Australia
Publisher:Penguin Aus.
Imprint:Puffin

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