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'City boy Flynn is taken to Mission Beach by his dad to ready his Grandad Barney's banana farm for sale. Flynn has never been north before, even when his grandad was alive, and the last thing he wants to do is to be stuck in the middle of woop-woop with his dad who thinks he is too young to be trusted with anything!.
'When Flynn meets local girl Abby and two lost baby cassowaries things become interesting. What does Abby know about Grandad's mysterious death? And why does Dad refuse to talk about it and seem so scared of the cassowaries? Did this dinosaur-like bird kill Grandad?
'Time is running out and Flynn and Abby need a plan. Can Flynn convince Dad to tell him the truth before it is too late for the cassowaries?' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: For Don, for believing in me, always.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Review : Mister Cassowary
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 30 no. 5 2015; (p. 39)
— Review of Mister Cassowary 2015 single work children's fiction -
Samantha Wheeler : Environment Is the Key
Fran Knight
(interviewer),
2015
single work
interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , May vol. 30 no. 2 2015; (p. 19-21)
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Review : Mister Cassowary
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , November vol. 30 no. 5 2015; (p. 39)
— Review of Mister Cassowary 2015 single work children's fiction -
Samantha Wheeler : Environment Is the Key
Fran Knight
(interviewer),
2015
single work
interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , May vol. 30 no. 2 2015; (p. 19-21)
Awards
- 2016 shortlisted The Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature — Fiction
- 2016 shortlisted Readings Prizes — The Readings Children’s Book Prize
- 2016 commended Whitley Awards — Children's Reader
- 2016 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards — Eight to 10 Years
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- Mission Beach, Mission Beach area, Cardwell - Tully - Innisfail area, Ingham - Cairns area, Queensland,
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