Audrey
JUVENILE FICTION
Formats: Trade Paper
Trade Paper, (US $8.99) (CA $11.99)
Publication Date: February 2015
ISBN 9781742977959
Rights: US & CA
Hardie Grant Children's Publishing (Feb 2015)
Little Hare Books
Audrey is a 1930s outback girl with a lot on her mind. Her dad has gone away to work; her brother Price thinks he's too old for games; and little Dougie likes pretending to be a bird. So together with her best friend Stumpy, Audrey ponders some of life's big questions—like whether being a swaggie (or bush traveler, as explained in the handy glossary) is lonelier than being a girl, and whether it's better to be a sheep or a cow. Determined, mischievous, imaginative, and inquisitive, Audrey is Australia's response to Pippi Longstocking and Ramona Quimby.
"Full of fascinating detail about rural Australian life, this gentle story will appeal to fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House series and Louise Erdrich's The Birchbark House." —Booklist