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Do You Dare? Fighting Bones

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Do You Dare? Fighting Bones by Alison Lloyd and Sofie Laguna is an engaging children's adventure set in Australia's past. The story follows the journey of young farm boys as they navigate challenges and heroic deeds. They encounter questions of courage and friendship while facing circumstances that test their inner resolve.
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You might enjoy this book if you love thrilling historical adventures. Set amidst the intriguing backdrop of early Australian history, it follows the journey of young characters facing mystery and danger, ideal for readers fascinated by action-packed tales and storytelling that captures the pioneering spirit.

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Do You Dare? Fighting Bones

Fighting Bones is the convict-era adventure in this series of exciting, action-packed Australian stories for boys aged 8 to 12. Irish brothers Danny and Declan Sheehan are inmates at Tasmania's Point Puer prison for convict boys in 1836. When tragedy strikes and the prison bully is on the rampage, escape is their only chance to survive...

Exciting, action-packed adventures in Australian history for boys aged 8 to 12.

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Fighting Bones is the convict-era adventure in this series of exciting, action-packed Australian stories.

Irish brothers Danny and Declan Sheehan are inmates at Tasmania's Point Puer prison for convict boys in 1836. When tragedy strikes and the prison bully is on the rampage, escape is their only chance to survive... But will they dare?

It's an adventure in history. Do you dare?

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780143307556

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 June 2014

Country: Australia

Imprint: Puffin

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 196g

Pages: 208

About the Author

Sofie Laguna was born in 1968 in Sydney. She studied to be a lawyer, but after deciding law was not for her, she trained as an actor. Sofie is now an author, actor and playwright.Her books have been named Honour Books and Notable Books in the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards and have been shortlisted in the Queensland Premier's Awards. She has been published in the US and the UK and in translation in Europe and Asia. Her picture book with Andrew McLean, On Our Way to the Beach was included in the White Ravens 2005 annual selection of outstanding international children's books by the International Youth Library (Associated Project of UNESCO). Her other books include My Yellow Blanky, Too Loud Lily, Surviving Aunt Marsha, Bad Buster and Big Ned's Bushwalk.

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