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Bertrand Ferrier Bertrand Ferrier i(A144358 works by)
Born: Established: 1977 ;
Gender: Male
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7 26 y separately published work icon Of a Boy Sonya Hartnett , ( trans. Bertrand Ferrier with title Une enfance australienne : roman ) Paris : J'ai Lu , 2010 Z969271 2002 single work novel mystery (taught in 3 units) The year is 1977, and Adrian is nine. He lives with his gran and his uncle Rory; his best friend is Clinton Tull. He loves to draw and he wants a dog; he's afraid of quicksand, shopping centres and self-combustion. Adrian watches his suburban world, but there is much he cannot understand. He does not for instance, know why three neighbourhood children might set out to buy ice-cream and never come back home.
3 24 y separately published work icon Surrender Sonya Hartnett , ( trans. Bertrand Ferrier with title Finnigan et moi ) Paris : Le Serpent à plumes , 2009 Z1173634 2005 single work novel young adult 'As life slips away, Gabriel looks back over his brief twenty years, which have been clouded by frustration and humiliation. A small, unforgiving town and distant, punitive parents ensure that he is never allowed to forget the horrific mistake he made as a child. He has only two friends - his dog, Surrender, and the unruly wild boy, Finnigan, a shadowy doppelganger with whom the meek Gabriel once made a boyhood pact. But when a series of arson attacks grips the town, Gabriel realizes how unpredictable and dangerous Finnigan is. As events begin to spiral violently out of control, it becomes devastatingly clear that only the most extreme measures will rid Gabriel of Finnigan for good'. Source: publisher's website.
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