Boy Overboard
Author(s): Morris Gleitzman
Jamal and Bibi live in Afganistan. When it is discovered that their mother has been running a school, they must leave home and begin a long journey to Australia. The children survive separation from their family and smugglers only to find that Australia isn't as welcoming as they had thought.
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Morris Gleitzman is the author of "Bumface", which was shortlisted for the Guardian Award and the Carnegie Medal.
Morris Gleitzman was born in Lincolnshire and moved to Australia in his teens. He worked as a paperboy, a shelf-stacker, a frozen chicken de-froster, an assistant to a fashion designer and more before taking a degree in Professional Writing at Canberra College and becoming a writer. He has written for TV, stage, newspapers and magazines but is best-known for his hugely successful children's books. Bumface was shortlisted for the Guardian Award and the Camegie Medal. Morris lives in Melbourne.
General Fields
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- : pengui
- : pengui
- : 0.118
- : 07 November 2002
- : 140mm X 109mm X 17mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Morris Gleitzman
- : Audio cassette
- : Unabridged
- : 823
- : 2
