Bibliograph

Doors to a wider place, stories from Australia, retold by Christine Lindop ; [[text] illustrated by Iain McKellar]

Type

Label

Doors to a wider place, stories from Australia, retold by Christine Lindop ; [[text] illustrated by Iain McKellar]

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Doors to a wider place

Oclc number

787586035

Responsibility statement

retold by Christine Lindop ; [[text] illustrated by Iain McKellar]

Series statement

Oxford bookworms library

Sub title

stories from Australia

Summary

'When it came to football, Billy was different. Black hands grab the ball. Black feet kick the ball. Black hopes rise up with the ball to the sickly white sky. No one can stop him now. He forgets about the river, and the people of his blood .' But who can forget their own past? Billy finds that the ties which hold him to the people of his blood are strong indeed .The stories in this volume of World Stories are by Australian writers Mena Abdullah Ray Mathew, Judith Wright, Archie Weller, Dal Stivens, David Malouf, Marion Halligan

Table Of Contents

Because of the Rusilla / Mena Abdullah & Ray Mathew -- The weeping fig / Judith Wright -- Going home / Archie Weller -- The pepper-gree / Dal Stivens -- The empty lunch-tin / David Malouf -- Cross currents / Marion Halligan

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Stories from Australia

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