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Ironbark

By Barry Jonsberg , Jonsberg Barry

Book information

Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Year
2010
ISBN
174114955X
LCC
PZ7.J7426 Ir 2008
Open Library ID
OL24916493M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
633 kB (647693 bytes)
Pages
216\216
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

I'm miserable and sixteen. In that order.Sixteen can be a tough time. And it's almost unmanageable for a wisecracking boy whose temper is white-hot. As a consequence he is sentenced to a time-out with his reclusive grandfather in a primitive shack in the forest. There is little to do except chop wood and watch the red-eyed wallabies gather at dusk. They are an unlikely couple: a taciturn old man who prefers the simple life, and a volatile boy addicted to the technology of the 21st century—and yet a bond blossoms between them. But denied access to much he desires, and feeling provoked by a local cop cynical of city folk, the boy's frustration grows. And when he encounters situations he can't control, anything could happen.

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