Forest (novel)
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Forest is a novel written by the award-winning Australia
n novelist, Sonya Hartnett
. It was first published in 2001 in Australia by Viking
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Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n novelist, Sonya Hartnett
Sonya Hartnett
Sonya Hartnett is an Australian author.Hartnett writes fiction variously for children, young adults and adults and has won numerous prizes and awards, having been described as "the finest Australian writer of her generation". She wrote her first novel, Trouble All the Way, at the age of thirteen...
. It was first published in 2001 in Australia by Viking
Viking Press
Viking Press is an American publishing company owned by the Penguin Group, which has owned the company since 1975. It was founded in New York City on March 1, 1925, by Harold K. Guinzburg and George S. Oppenheim...
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Epigraph
"'Cats, no less liquid than their shadows, Offer no angles to the wind." - A. S. TessimondA. S. J. Tessimond
Arthur Seymour John Tessimond was an English poet.He went to Charterhouse School, but ran away at age 16...
Awards
- Children's Book Council of AustraliaChildren's Book Council of AustraliaThe Children's Book Council of Australia is a not for profit organisation which aims to engage the community with literature for young Australians. The CBCA presents annual awards for books of literary merit, for outstanding contribution to Australian children's literature.-Awards:The first...
Book of the Year Award, Book of the Year: Older Readers, 2002: winner - Festival Awards for Literature (SA), 2002: shortlisted