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Author:agent John Marsden

Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 Staying Alive in Year 5

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'Scott and his friends are simply staying alive in year 5 until their surprising new teacher, Mr Murlin, comes along.

'Boring textbooks go into the bin, eating chocolate in class becomes compulsory and suddenly it's OK to be weird.

'But Mr Murlin is not popular with everyone...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Publisher: Piper Books

Sydney, New South Wales,: Piper Books , 1989 .

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Extent: 78p.
Reprinted: 1993
ISBN: 0330271466 (pbk.)
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia

Sydney, New South Wales,: Pan Macmillan Australia , 1996 .

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Extent: 78p.
Reprinted: 1997
ISBN: 0330358847 (pbk.)
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia

Sydney, New South Wales,: Pan Macmillan Australia , 2013 .

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Extent: 80p.

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Published 1 November 2013

ISBN: 9781742613499 (paperback)

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Novel Teachers : The Image of Teachers in Australian Children's Literature Mary Durrington , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 9 no. 4 1994; (p. 5-8)

[Review] Staying Alive in Year 5 Halina Nowicka , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 33 no. 4 1989; (p. 24)
— Review of Staying Alive in Year 5 John Marsden , 1989 single work children's fiction

So Much to Tell You : An Interview with John Marsden Margot Nelmes , 1989 single work interview
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 33 no. 4 1989; (p. 4-6)