by James Vance Marshall · Puffin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141325682
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«Walkabout» is the adventure novel by James Vance Marshall, published by Puffin Classics in paperback (144 pages, in English).
Mary and her little brother Peter are the only survivors of a plane crash in the middle of the Australian outback. Exhausted and hungry, they meet an Aboriginal boy who helps them survive and guides them on their long journey; the clash between two worlds ends in a misunderstanding that will mark the protagonists forever.
This 50th anniversary commemorative edition was published in 2009 within the Puffin Modern Classics collection; the novel originally appeared in 1959 under the title The Children.
Recommended for young readers aged 9 and up and for those who enjoy classic stories of adventure and survival in the wild.
Donald Gordon Payne was an English author, most famous for his 1959 novel, Walkabout. Payne was made a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1962.
