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003			OCoLC
005			20200526150740.0
008			200117s2020 xna b 000 1 eng
020			_a9781460756195 _qpaperback
020			_a1460756193
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100			_913386 _aRodda, Emily, _d1948- _eauthor.
245	0	0	_aHis Name Was Walter / _cEmily Rodda (author).
260			_aSydney, NSW : _bAngus & Robertson, _c2020.
300			_a288 pages; _c20 cm.
520			_a From Australia's favourite storyteller comes a story, within a story, that shows us the extraordinary power of true love and solves a decades-old mystery. While on a history excursion, an ill-assorted group of four kids and their teacher are left on a country road when their minibus breaks down. At the suggestion of a friendly tow-truck driver, the five take shelter in a nearby old, deserted mansion. There they find a little old desk with a secret drawer. Inside the drawer is a book containing a handwritten story and a series of vivid, strangely lifelike paintings. The book is called His Name Was Walter. The story begins: 'Once upon a time, in a dark city far away, there lived a boy called Walter, who had nothing but his name to call his own.' And so begins the tale of Walter - his lonely childhood, his flight from the haunted streets of the city, his discovery of Magda the witch, his quest to find Magda's lost daughter, and his meeting with the love of his life, the mysterious, tragic girl he calls Sparrow. As the night closes in around them and the story of Walter and Sparrow unfolds, the kids read it avidly.. Slowly the outer and inner stories begin to mesh. Slowly the story of Walter draws the five members of the group together. And in the end every one of the five plays a vital role in the uncovering of the truth.
650		0	_93532 _aFriendship _vJuvenile fiction.
653			_aAustralian
942			_2ddc _cJFIC
948			_hHELD BY NZWMT - 6 OTHER HOLDINGS