Forest (novel)
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Author | Sonya Hartnett |
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Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Genre | Children's novel |
Publisher | Viking (Australia) |
Publication date | 2001 |
Media type | Print (Paperback) |
Pages | 216 |
ISBN | 0-670-89920-8 |
OCLC | 49594478 |
823/.914 21 | |
LC Class | PR9619.3.H3345 F67 2001 |
Preceded by | Thursday's Child |
Followed by | Of a Boy |
Forest is a novel written by the award-winning Australian novelist, Sonya Hartnett. It was first published in 2001 in Australia by Viking.[1]
Dedication
"For Greg, who loves cats."
Epigraph
"'Cats, no less liquid than their shadows, Offer no angles to the wind." - A. S. Tessimond
Awards
- Won - CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers (2002) [2]
- Shortlisted - South Australian Festival Awards for Literature (2002)
Reception
Discussing Forest, Lesley Hawkes finds that "Hartnett offers new and exciting avenues of thought regarding the place of humans in that [Australian] environment.".[3]
References
- ^ "Forest by Sonya Hartnett". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ ""Sonya Hartnett"". Penguin Books. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ Lesley Kathryn Hawkes. "Fear, Voice, and the Environment in Sonya Hartnett's Forest and The Midnight Zoo (conference paper given at the 2011 International Research Society for Children's Literature conference)" (PDF). www.paperschildlit.com. Queensland University of Technology. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
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