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Walkabout

James Vance Marshall

196141 pagesabout 40–55 minutes
1961
first published
  • 2009Penguin Group UK · ENGISBN 9780141929811
  • 2009Puffin · 134 pages · ENGISBN 9780141325682
  • 1979Heinemann · 73 pages · ENGISBN 9780435270629
  • 1978Sundance Publishing · 158 pages · ENGISBN 9780887410994
  • 1977Heinemann Educational Publishers · 96 pagesISBN 9780435122249
  • 1992Delta Systems Co Inc · 80 pages · ENGISBN 9780435272470
  • 1979Puffin Books · 128 pagesISBN 9780140312928
  • 41 pages · ENGISBN 9780582419797

Mary and her young brother Peter are the only survivors of an aircrash in the middle of the Australian desert. Facing death from exhaustion and starvation, they meet an aboriginal boy who helps them to survive, and guides them along their long journey. But a terrible misunderstanding results in a tragedy that neither Mary nor Peter will ever forget...

How it feels

AtmosphereStormy

How it reads

Plot intensityEventful

Worth knowing

Written forYoung adult

When and where

PlaceDesert
ThemesSurvival
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