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Beneath the Surface by Gary Crew
Category: Children's Fiction
Searching for an explanation for the nightmares that haunt him, Dr Spiro Trotter returns to the Preston watertower. But what will he find beneath the surface of those still, dark waters? The long-awaited sequel to The Watertower. First published 2004.
Cat on the Island by Gary Crew
Category: Education
This is the true story of David and his father, who came to Stephens Island - a remote and pristine island off Cook Strait between the North and South Islands of New Zealand in 1894. They brought their pregnant cat with them. The tiny Stephens Island wrens, being flightless, had no natural defences agai ...Show more
Damon by Gary Crew
Category: Picture Books
On holiday with his parents, fifteen-year-old Damon is bored. His parents drag him to an art gallery, but after cruising around for a while, he returns to his hotel room to play his gameboy. Bored by the repetitive nature of the games, he falls asleep. But it is then that the artwork Damon has tried so ...Show more
Damon by Gary Crew
Category: Picture Books
On holiday with his parents, fifteen-year-old Damon is bored. His parents drag him to an art gallery, but after cruising around for a while, he returns to his hotel room to play his gameboy. Bored by the repetitive nature of the games, he falls asleep. But it is then that the artwork Damon has tried so ...Show more
Edward Britton by Gary Crew
Category: Young Adult | Series: Lothian YA Fiction Ser.
A boy convict, Edward Britton, 17, is the main character. He is good-looking, literate and well educated compared to the other boys, and has been a Shakespearian child actor in London. He was transported for stealing from the acting troupe s kitty. He attracts the attention of the daughter of the brutal ...Show more
Finding Home by Gary Crew
Category: Picture Books
Age range 9+ Rich and beautiful, Gary Crew’s text is redolent with the sounds and colours of the Australian bush. This picture book for older children is an ode and an obituary to the indigenous landscape, much of which was destroyed by white colonists. Ignorance and selfishness can destroy the things w ...Show more
In the Beech Forest by Gary Crew
Category: Picture Books
Age range 10+ In the Beech Forest is a story from long ago, from now and from the future. An ordinary boy takes a path leading him from the safety of his home into a dark forest. His head is full of the fearful images of his computer games that so excite yet terrify him; battles between heroes and dread ...Show more
In the Secret Place by Gary Crew
Category: Children's Fiction
Gary Crew is one of Australia's most awarded authors for youth, having won, been shortlisted, or been nominated for over fifty Australian and international literary awards. He has won the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award four times; twice for his novels, twice for his illustra ...Show more
Leaving the Lyrebird Forest by Gary Crew
Category: Children's Fiction
A beautiful story about friendship, change and our place in nature, from legendary Australian author Gary Crew. 'Are you lonely here?' her mother asked. 'Never,' Alice said. 'Not while I am friends with the lyrebird.' Alice has spent her life living on the outskirts of a small town, in a house nestled i ...Show more
Leaving the Lyrebird Forest 6 Copy Pack by Crew Gary
Category: Education
Pack contains: 6 copies of LEAVING THE LYREBIRD FOREST (9780734418432)