Zana Fraillon
Autor von The Bone Sparrow
Über den Autor
Zana Fraillon was born in Melbourne Australia but spent her early childhood in San Francisco. She has always loved reading. She studied history at university and then trained to be a primary school teacher. Both have an influenced her writing. She is the author of No Stars to Wish on, The Bone mehr anzeigen Sparrow, and The Ones That Disappeared, which won the 2018 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Ethel Turner Prize for Young Adult's Literature. She is the author of the Monstrum House series and co-author, with Lucia Masciullo, of the series When No-one's looking. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- Australia
- Geburtsort
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Wohnorte
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
San Francisco, California, USA - Berufe
- primary school teacher
children's book author - Agent
- Claire Wilson
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Statistikseite
- Werke
- 13
- Mitglieder
- 358
- Beliebtheit
- #66,978
- Bewertung
- 4.2
- Rezensionen
- 18
- ISBNs
- 60
- Sprachen
- 3
9/10, this was truly a masterpiece of a novel and I wondered what I would get from a middle grade verse novel about a dog but now I know and it was truly remarkable. The main character had to go through one of the toughest journeys I have ever read in a book and it was really heartbreaking to see him alone for the majority of the book. He tries to find his companion whom he calls Man-pup. They escaped together into the wilderness when he was hit by a car, the dog tried to warn him but it was too late and the companion was sent away in an ambulance which the dog calls the flashing metal beast. I could really feel the fear the dog felt when he entered the city and was overwhelmed at all the things happening within it. At least there were some joyful moments such as when the dog met some girl whose name I forgot and a bunch of other dogs and a fox and I enjoyed all their dynamics with these characters and I liked the ending as well since it was heartwarming. If you like verse novels pick this.… (mehr)