Title Camel rider / Prue Mason

Published Camberwell, Vic. : Puffin Books, 2004 ©2004

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Mas/Cri		AVAILABLE
MELB CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Mas/Cri		AVAILABLE
W'BOOL CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Mas/Cri		AVAILABLE

Description 171 pages ; 20 cm regular print Series Premier's Reading Challenge, 7-9 Premier's Reading Challenge, 7-9 Summary Adam and his family live in a compound with other foreign workers in the Middle East. He's got everything he wants, everything he needs, and there's a lot he takes for granted. Then war breaks out, and, in the confusion to escape, Adam runs away. He finds himself alone and friendless in the desert, Adam knows he's in real danger. But then he meets Walid, the camel rider. An extraordinary tale of adventure, survival and friendship Analysis Middle East Fiction War Fiction Notes Winner, Children's book award, 2005 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Audience For upper primary/lower secondary aged children Subject Australian fiction. Australians -- Middle East -- Juvenile fiction. Australians -- Persian Gulf Region -- Juvenile fiction. Cultural relations -- Fiction. Friendship -- Juvenile fiction. Intercultural communication -- Fiction. Intercultural communication -- Juvenile fiction. Runaways -- Juvenile fiction Survival -- Juvenile fiction. Young adult fiction. Friendship -- Fiction. Runaways -- Fiction. SUBJECT Arabian Peninsula http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006293 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 Middle East http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090501 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 Middle East -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008107185 Genre/Form Action and adventure fiction. Fiction. ISBN 9780143300823 (paperback)

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