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  • Published: 1 July 1997
  • ISBN: 9780140386417
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 144
  • RRP: $17.99

Surfing Mr Petrovic




Eleven-year-old Tao loves hanging around with his mates. He used to like surfing with his dad, too, until Dad left home to live with a fashion model. And his mum has a new boyfriend, with altogether too-brainy kids. When Mr Petrovic enters the scheme of things, he becomes the focus for Tao's anger.

  • Published: 1 July 1997
  • ISBN: 9780140386417
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 144
  • RRP: $17.99

About the author

Colin Bowles

Colin Bowles was born in England and moved to Australia when he was twenty. He has been a full-time writer for fifteen years, and has worked as a script-writer and freelance journalist. He is the author of over twenty books, which have been translated into a dozen languages around the world. Colin lives in the bush in south-west Australia, with his two children and a very disobedient dog.

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Awards & recognition

CROW Children's Choice Awards

Longlisted  •  1998  •  Children's Book

WAYRBA Children's Choice Awards

On selection list  •  1999  •  Young Reader