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Matilda Saga: #5 The Ghost by the Billabong

Author: Jackie French
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ISBN: 9780732295295
Format: Paperback
Published: January 2016
Published By: Harper Collins
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The fifth title in the sweeping MATILDA series.
Ages: 12 years and crossover

Hippies wear beads, demonstrators march against the Vietnam War, and the world waits to see the first human steps on the moon's surface.

But at Gibbers Creek, Jed Kelly sees ghosts, from the past and future, at the Drinkwater billabong where long ago the swaggie leaped to his defiant death.

But is seventeen-year-old Jed a con artist or a survivor? When she turns up at Drinkwater Station claiming to be the great-granddaughter of Matilda Thompson's dying husband, Jed clearly has secrets. As does a veteran called Nicholas, who was badly wounded in the Vietnam War and now must try to create a life he truly wants to live, despite the ghosts that haunt him too.

Set during the turbulence of the late 1960s, this was a time when brilliant and little-known endeavours saw Australia play a vital role in Neil Armstrong's 'one giant leap for mankind' on that first unforgettable moon walk.

The fifth title in the highly acclaimed Matilda Saga,
The Ghost by the Billabong is a story of deep conflicts and enduring passions - for other people, for the land, and for the future of humanity.

Age: 12 years and crossover
ISBN: 9780732295295
Number of Pages: 442
Format: Paperback
Reading Level: Secondary
Published Date: 19-Jan-2016
Dimensions (mm): 198x127mm
Publisher: Harper Collins

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