Tearaway Coach
$16.51
- Paperback
32 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2026
Summary
A thrilling adventure story from award-winning creators bringing Australian history to life
Fenton Wood and his father are catching the Cobb & Co coach to Geelong. The coach driver is none other than the famous Edward Devine, aka Cabbage Tree Ned. Fenton is riding up top alongside Ned when the coach is surrounded by bushrangers. Ned hands Fenton the reins and the horses take off galloping faster and faster to escape the pistols - Fen is suddenly in charge of six powerful horses!
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761601743 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1761601741 |
| Author: | Neridah McMullin, Andrew McLean |
| Publisher: | Walker Books Australia |
| Imprint: | Walker Books Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 254g |
| Dimensions: | 151mm x 341mm x 383mm |
| Audience Age: | 4-8 |
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Neridah McMullin
Neridah McMullin loves animals, true stories and history. An author of twelve books for children, Neridah is also an award-winning short story writer and poet. Her middle-grade fiction novel Evie and Rhino was shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year in 2023, shortlisted for the Readings Prize and won the Australian Speech Pathology Book of the Year for Younger Readers. Her picture books Drover, Shearer and Tearaway Coach, set during the Victorian gold rush, were published to great acclaim. Her picture book Eat my Dust was a CBCA Notable in 2024. Neridah believes she was born at least 100 years too late. She loves old books, old people and local historical societies. She also loves footy, family, walking her dog and meeting other people’s dogs.
Andrew McLean grew up in the Victorian country town of Bairnsdale. He trained as a painter and teacher, and taught in secondary schools before becoming a lecturer in painting and drawing at Caulfield Institute of Technology. He has been a full-time artist now for more than thirty years. Andrew and his wife Janet have created many picture books together, and Andrew also illustrates books written by other authors. Many of his books have been award winners: he has won the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award three times.
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