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When she inadvertantly frees four evil pirates from their magical entrapment, Boa, a young Australian girl, enlists her best friend's help to escape the pirates when they come looking for revenge.
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Prequel to Dead Sailors Don't Bite.
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Also available in sound recording and braille formats.
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[Review] Wiggy and Boa
1990
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— Appears in: Horn Book Magazine , Jul/August vol. 66 no. 4 1990; (p. 454)
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[Review] Wiggy and Boa
1990
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— Appears in: The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books , March vol. 43 no. 7 1990; (p. 158)
— Review of Wiggy and Boa 1988 single work children's fiction -
The Children's Book Council of Australia Awards 1989
1989
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 33 no. 3 1989; (p. 3-8) The judges' report for the 1989 Australian Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards. -
[Review] Wiggy and Boa
1989
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 33 no. 3 1989; (p. 25)
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[Review] Wiggy and Boa
1989
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— Appears in: Lines , June vol. 5 no. 3 1989; (p. 28)
— Review of Wiggy and Boa 1988 single work children's fiction
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[Review] Wiggy and Boa
1989
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— Appears in: Editions , August no. 1 1989; (p. 9-10)
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1989
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[Review] Wiggy and Boa
1989
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— Appears in: Scan , May vol. 8 no. 4 1989; (p. 14)
— Review of Wiggy and Boa 1988 single work children's fiction -
Children's Book Week Reviews
1989
single work
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— Appears in: Incite , 10 July 1989; (p. 12)
— Review of Wiggy and Boa 1988 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Wiggy and Boa
1990
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books , March vol. 43 no. 7 1990; (p. 158)
— Review of Wiggy and Boa 1988 single work children's fiction -
The Children's Book Council of Australia Awards 1989
1989
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 33 no. 3 1989; (p. 3-8) The judges' report for the 1989 Australian Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards.
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