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Playing Beatie Bow

By Ruth Park
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Playing Beatie Bow is a captivating children's novel by Ruth Park, where a young girl named Abigail goes on an unexpected journey through time. After encountering a mysterious child, she finds herself transported to 19th-century Sydney. There, she becomes entwined with a close-knit family and learns about their secrets and hardships, while gaining a deeper understanding of her own life.
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Playing Beatie Bow

Disturbed that her mother could welcome back her unfaithful father, Abigail Kirk undergoes a mysterious voyage to nineteenth-century Australia, where her experiences help her to understand the power of love and to accept her father.

A thrilling adventure story for children and young adults by Ruth Park, Playing Beatie Bow follows Abigail as she is swept back to the Sydney of a hundred years ago by a scary game.

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A thrilling adventure story for children and young adults by Ruth Park, 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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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780140314601

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 January 1982

Country: Australia

Imprint: Puffin

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 164g

Pages: 208

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Penguin Books Ruth Park Young Adult

About the Author

Born in New Zealand, Ruth Park came to Australia in 1942 to continue her career as a journalist. She married the writer D'Arcy Niland and travelled with him through the north-west of New South Wales before settling in Sydney where she became a full-time writer. She has written over fifty books, and her many awards include the prestigious Miles Franklin Award for Swords and Crowns and Rings; the Australian Children's Book of the Year Award and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award (USA) for Playing Beatie Bow and The Age Book of the Year Award for A Fence Around the Cuckoo. She was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1987 and in 1994 was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of New South Wales. Ruth Park passed away in December 2010.

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