Title The midnight zoo / Sonya Hartnett

Edition First edition Published Camberwell, Vic. : Penguin, 2010

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Har/Mzo		AVAILABLE
MELB CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Har/Mzo		BILLED
W'BOOL CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Har/Mzo		AVAILABLE

Description 186 pages ; 21 cm regular print Series Children's Book Council of Australia awards 2011 Summary Two gypsy boys are fleeing through a war-ravaged countryside during the night carrying a secret bundle. The boys stumble across a town that has been reduced to smoking rubble, and a zoo that is still intact. When the boys take shelter in the zoo, they discover a menagerie of talking animals. Both the boys and the animals tell their tales and their desire for freedom Analysis Australian Notes Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year 2011; winner - Older Readers Audience For children Notes Children's book of the year award: Older readers, 2011 Subject Australian fiction. Brothers -- Juvenile fiction. Children's stories. Fantasy fiction, Australian. Liberty -- Fiction. Liberty -- Juvenile fiction. Hope -- Juvenile fiction. Romanies -- Juvenile fiction. War stories -- Juvenile fiction. War stories. Zoo animals -- Juvenile fiction. Zoo animals -- Fiction. Zoo animals -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction. Zoos -- Fiction. Zoos -- Juvenile fiction. Genre/Form Fantasy fiction. War fiction. Fiction. Illustrated works. ISBN 9780670074051 (hbk.)

  Permalink