Tigg and the Bandicoot Bushranger
a new thrilling historical adventure book from jackie french! a cbca notable book and winner of the act literary awards 2025
$19.59
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
4 December 2024
Summary
Tigg and the Bandicoot Bushranger: A Goldfields Mystery
The year is 1859 and the goldfields are filled with diggers – and danger!
Orphaned twelve-year-old Tigg is the Bandicoot Bushranger, the youngest bushranger on the Ballarat goldfields in 1859.
When a robbery goes wrong, Tigg must flee in disguise as one of the tens of thousands of Chinese men and boys braving heat, thirst, starvation and murderous attacks on the long road from Robe in South Aust…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781460763506 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1460763505 |
| Author: | Jackie French |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 4 December 2024 |
| Weight: | 247g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 130mm x 23mm |
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About The Author
Jackie French
Jackie French AM is an award-winning writer, wombat negotiator, the 2014–2015 Australian Children’s Laureate and the 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. In 2016, Jackie became a Member of the Order of Australia for her contribution to children’s literature and her advocacy for youth literacy. She is regarded as one of Australia’s most popular children’s authors and writes across all genres — from picture books, history, fantasy, ecology and sci-fi, to her much-loved historical fiction for a variety of age groups. ‘A book can change a child’s life. A book can change the world’ was the primary philosophy behind Jackie’s two-year term as Laureate.
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