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y separately published work icon Xylophones Above Zarundi : A Chaotic Tale of Melody single work   children's fiction   children's   adventure  
Alternative title: Jocelyn Osgood and the Xylophones above Zarundi
Is part of Cairo Jim Geoffrey McSkimming , 1991 series - author children's fiction (number 5 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 Xylophones Above Zarundi : A Chaotic Tale of Melody
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'A Jocelyn Osgood and Cairo Jim adventure

'While on a stopover in the mysterious African country of Zarundi, Jocelyn Osgood - that well-known Valkyrian Airways Flight Attendant and "good friend" of Cairo Jim - becomes unwittingly embroiled in the theft of a priceless royal tiara. She and her companions find themselves thrown into a world of subtle chaos which carries them across an intriguing and colourful landscape as they try desperately to locate the stolen regalia and two renegade Tropical Xylophonists . . .'(Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hodder Headline Australia , 1995 .
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      Extent: vii, 266 p.p.
      Description: illus.
      Note/s:
      • Published 25 October 1995
      ISBN: 0340622458 (pbk.)
      Series: y separately published work icon Starlight Rydalmere : Hodder and Stoughton , 1993-2003 Z1329409 1993- series - publisher children's fiction novel children's young adult
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Works about this Work

Untitled Lea Fairfoul-Hutcheon , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 10 no. 1 1996; (p. 30)
— Review of Xylophones Above Zarundi : A Chaotic Tale of Melody Geoffrey McSkimming , 1995 single work children's fiction
Untitled Peg Goode , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 40 no. 3 1996; (p. 36)
— Review of Xylophones Above Zarundi : A Chaotic Tale of Melody Geoffrey McSkimming , 1995 single work children's fiction
Untitled Sophie Masson , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 4 no. 1 1996; (p. 43-44)
— Review of Xylophones Above Zarundi : A Chaotic Tale of Melody Geoffrey McSkimming , 1995 single work children's fiction
Untitled Peg Goode , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 40 no. 3 1996; (p. 36)
— Review of Xylophones Above Zarundi : A Chaotic Tale of Melody Geoffrey McSkimming , 1995 single work children's fiction
Untitled Lea Fairfoul-Hutcheon , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 10 no. 1 1996; (p. 30)
— Review of Xylophones Above Zarundi : A Chaotic Tale of Melody Geoffrey McSkimming , 1995 single work children's fiction
Untitled Sophie Masson , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 4 no. 1 1996; (p. 43-44)
— Review of Xylophones Above Zarundi : A Chaotic Tale of Melody Geoffrey McSkimming , 1995 single work children's fiction
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