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Alex / Rosanne Hawke.

Alex / Rosanne Hawke.
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JF THRO
 Junior Fiction   Childrens . Available .  
Reserve Title Catalogue Record 700032239
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ISBN 9781760877002 (paperback)
Classification JF THRO
Personal Name Hawke, Rosanne
Title Alex / Rosanne Hawke.
Production & Copyright Details Cammeraygal Country ; Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2023.
©2023
Physical Description vii, 221 pages : maps ; 20 cm.
Content type text
cartographic image
Series Through my eyes. Australian disaster zones
Note Series editor, Lyn White.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary Note A few kookaburras laugh in the gum trees. Alex grins - they don't often come up this far. His grandpa told him that if kookaburras laugh late in the afternoon, it will rain next day. 'Ha, someone needs to tell the rain to listen, hey Tangi?' She grins at him like it's a good joke. Alex wishes it was just a joke. Thirteen-year-old Alex lives on a drought-affected property in South Australia with his mum, his dad, his kelpie dog Tangi and colt, Jago. When he meets his new next-door neighbour, Bonnie, he is grateful to make a new friend and fascinated by the camels her family has brought to the farm.. For years it hasn't rained enough for them to put a crop in. And while all the farmers in the area are suffering, Alex's dad is struggling more than most. It's nearly winter and the paddocks are still brown. But when Bonnie comes over to visit and cook with him, Alex feels lighter inside. And his mum loosens up a bit as well. As the drought stretches on, Alex must help his mum with the farm work, and draw wisdom and strength from his support networks so he can find a way into a brighter future.
Target audience note Ages 9-12 years old.
Subject - Topical Term Droughts -- South Australia -- Juvenile fiction
Farm life -- South Australia -- Juvenile fiction
Country life -- South Australia -- Juvenile fiction
Families -- Juvenile fiction
Children's stories
Australian fiction
Subject - Geographic Name South Australia -- Social conditions -- Juvenile fiction
Subject - Fiction Genre AUS fiction
Added Entry - Personal Name White, Lyn editor.
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