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Ned’s Kang-U-Roo

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Ned's Kang-U-Roo

By Vashti Farrer About · Illustrated by John Nicholson About

Twelve year-old farm boy, Ned Wattrous, runs away to sea on HMS Endeavour, captained by James Cook. Ned tells how they save the ship and sail into shore to repair her and then they must find a way out through the shallow water and the treacherous, coral reef.

AuthorVashti Farrer About
IllustratorJohn Nicholson About
Type Of BookAustralian Novel
SeriesTakeaways
FormatPaperback
ISBN9780850918557
Published2/04/2004
Lists And AwardsPremier's Reading Challenge 3-4 (NSW), Premier's Reading Challenge 3-4 (VIC), Premier's Reading Challenge 3-5 (SA)
Price Per CopyRRP $14.95
1–9 copies$13.45
10–19 copies$12.70
20+ copies$11.96
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Vashti Farrer

Vashti Farrer has lived with all sorts of pets—cats, dogs, parrots, budgerigars, axolotyls, a tortoise, fish, rabbits, guines pigs and even a rat! Vashti has written stories for adults and children, as well as plays, humour, fantasy, historical fiction, occasional verse and articles. She is the author of Ned’s Kang-u-roo (Takeaways), published by Lothian in 1997. She lives in Paddington, NSW.

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John Nicholson

John Nicholson is an award-winning author with a passion for the built and natural environment. He originally trained as an architect, and has built his own environment-friendly home in the Australian bush. He relishes the detailed research that goes into his books. He is renowned for his attractive and accurate illustration. Many of his books have been shortlisted in the CBC Awards and four of them, Animal Architects, A Home among the Gum Trees, The First Fleet and Fishing for Islands have won the Eve Pownall Award for Information Books.

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