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Somewhere Around the Corner by Jackie French (1994, Uk-B Format Paperback)

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Just shut your eyes and picture yourself walking around the corner. Barbara was scared. She saw the policeman running towards her. She needed to escape. It was 1932, when Australia was in the grip of the depression, and Jim lived in a shantytown.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins Australia

ISBN-100207183597

ISBN-139780207183591

eBay Product ID (ePID)116008726

Product Key Features

Book TitleSomewhere Around the Corner

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicHistorical / General, Action & Adventure / General, General, Social Themes / General (See Also Headings under Family), Animals / General

Publication Year1994

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorJackie French

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight8.2 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal823.3

SynopsisHistorical fiction for young readers. Barbara meets an old man at a wild demonstration who tells her to walk around the corner and arrive at a better place. The place is 1934, the height of Depression in Australia. Young Jim takes Barbara home to meet his family, where Barbara finds the love, security and peace missing from her life. But will she be forced to return to her own time? Author is winner of the 2000 Children's Book Council Book of the Year for Younger Readers. Her other titles include 'The Soldier on the Hill' and 'Hitler's Daughter'., Just shut your eyes and picture yourself walking around the corner. that's what my friend told me. Somewhere around the corner and you'll be safe. the demonstration was wild, out of control. Barbara was scared. She saw the policeman running towards her. She needed to escape. She closed her eyes and did precisely that: she walked somewhere around the corner - to another demonstration - to another time. Barbara was lucky she meet young Jim who took her out of this strange, frightening city to his home. It was 1932, when Australia was in the grip of the depression, and Jim lived in a shantytown. But Barbara found a true friend and a true home - somewhere safe around the corner. Ages 12+