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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Scarygirl
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'Abandoned on a remote beach, Scarygirl doesn't know who she is or where she's come from. Blister, a kind and intelligent giant octopus, wants to keep her safe, but Scarygirl needs answers. Who is the strange man haunting her dreams? Will Bunniguru help her unlock the mysteries of her past? Can she trust the wily forest dwellers? Her journey takes her to the edge, and beyond ...

'Welcome to the world of Scarygirl.' (From the publisher's website.)

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Scarygirl Craig Behenna , Matt Everitt , Polly Watkins , Les Turner , ( dir. Ricard Cussó et. al. )agent Australia : Highly Spirited Passion Pictures Australia Particular Crowd , 2023 26315542 2023 single work film/TV

'Free spirited and cheerful Arkie (Jillian Nguyen) lives with her adoptive octopus father, Blister (Rob Collins), on a flourishing, colourful peninsula. Together they help regenerate plant life using their magical tentacles, with the help of friendly mechanical bees powered by sunrays. That’s until space bandits invade and kidnap Blister – so that an evil scientist, Dr Maybee, can use his powers to sap the planet’s lifeforce and discover the key to immortality. Can Arkie rescue Blister in time to save her home from devastation?'

Source: Sydney Film Festival.

Notes

  • Dedication: To my children

  • Included in the 2010 White Raven's Catalogue compiled by the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2009 .
      person or book cover
      Image courtesy of Allen & Unwin
      Extent: 126p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 9781741753707 (hbk.)
    • San Francisco, California,
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Last Gasp ,       2010 .
      image of person or book cover 4351249069180713618.jpg
      This image has been sourced from Booktopia
      Extent: 126p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:

      • Published: 1st September 2010
         

      ISBN: 9780867197389
    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2012 .
      person or book cover
      Image courtesy of Allen & Unwin
      Alternative title: The Adventures of Scarygirl
      Extent: 1v.p.
      ISBN: 9781742372938 (pbk.)
    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2023 .
      image of person or book cover 5208173715655301019.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 208p.
      Edition info: Film Tie-In
      Note/s:

      •  Published 1 August 2023

      ISBN: 9781761069277
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Works about this Work

Serious Business of Comics Brittany Vonow , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 30 November 2012; (p. 62)
— Review of Small Shen Kylie Chan , 2012 single work graphic novel ; Scarygirl Nathan Jurevicius , 2009 single work graphic novel ; Unforgotten Tohby Riddle , 2012 single work picture book 'Graphic novels are starting to make their mark in mainstream publishing...'
Into the Frame : Graphic Novels Sally Zwartz , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , July vol. 27 no. 3 2012; (p. 10-13)
The Latest Word Dominique Wilson , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , March no. 18 2010; (p. 58-59)
— Review of Scarygirl Nathan Jurevicius , 2009 single work graphic novel
[Review] Scarygirl Sharon Seymour , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 54 no. 2 2010; (p. 25-26)
— Review of Scarygirl Nathan Jurevicius , 2009 single work graphic novel
[Review] Scarygirl Jodie Heath , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 24 no. 1 2010; (p. 32-33)
— Review of Scarygirl Nathan Jurevicius , 2009 single work graphic novel
[Review] Scarygirl Angela Meyer , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , October vol. 89 no. 3 2009; (p. 40)
— Review of Scarygirl Nathan Jurevicius , 2009 single work graphic novel
Centre Selection Lili Wilkinson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , November no. 3 2009; (p. 21)
— Review of Scarygirl Nathan Jurevicius , 2009 single work graphic novel
[Review] Scarygirl Jodie Heath , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 24 no. 1 2010; (p. 32-33)
— Review of Scarygirl Nathan Jurevicius , 2009 single work graphic novel
[Review] Scarygirl Sharon Seymour , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 54 no. 2 2010; (p. 25-26)
— Review of Scarygirl Nathan Jurevicius , 2009 single work graphic novel
The Latest Word Dominique Wilson , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , March no. 18 2010; (p. 58-59)
— Review of Scarygirl Nathan Jurevicius , 2009 single work graphic novel
Into the Frame : Graphic Novels Sally Zwartz , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , July vol. 27 no. 3 2012; (p. 10-13)
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