R. A. Spratt
Author of The Adventures of Nanny Piggins
About the Author
R. A. Spratt is an author and television writer based in Australia. She is a graduate of Charles Sturt University with a BA in Communications (Media Production). She has written for dozens of different television shows. Her first book was The Adventures of Nanny Piggins (2009). She is the author of show more the Friday Barnes series. The first book, Girl Detective, is a bestseller. Book two of the Friday Barnes series, Under Suspicion: Friday Barnes, won the 2016 Davitt Awards for the best Children's Novel. The third book in the series is entitled, Big Trouble Friday. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- female
- Nationality
- Australia
- Places of residence
- Bowral, NSW, Australia
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- Works
- 36
- Members
- 1,089
- Popularity
- #23,589
- Rating
- 4.1
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- 34
- ISBNs
- 197
Selby's parents, book-lovers and bookshop owners, don't understand her lack of passion for reading, but Dan helps them see that Selby's love for stories is the important thing - not the form in which she consumes them. (And Shakespeare's plays really are meant to be performed aloud, not read.) It's also Selby's knowledge of science that helps her sort out that the poison hebenon, poured into an ear canal, could not kill a man - but small consistent doses of it in food could alter someone's (cough-HAMLET-cough) behavior. A fascinating new perspective on the play!
Quotes
"They don't feel fictional...In this world they are as real as us. This is reality for them."
"If this is their reality then we should leave them to it." (91)
"It's like a giant sinkhole has opened up in the history of literature and books are just disappearing into oblivion." (149)
"We have to let the story play out...because, in the world of books, Hamlet is one of the most important stories ever told. And books are important. The advance of ideas and literary expression is how civilisation evolves....you don't get it. You live here in a building surrounded by books, but you can't see how important they are. You can't see the wood for the trees. Books are time capsules of ideas. They are how knowledge and wisdom and art are transferred through time. They are important." (150-151)
"That's how storytelling works - it's rewritten and retold to make sense to each generation. But the kernel holds true through the ages." (199)… (more)