The Game of the Goose
by Ursula Dubosarsky
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A highly original tale of adventure from award-winning author Ursula Dubosarsky. Shortlisted for the 2001 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year for Younger Readers Award. In her hand was a hinged wooden box with a black clasp. On the lid was a painting of a white bird with a long neck, its wings stretched out in flight. Fred rubbed in with her fingers, wiping away the dust. There were some words, written in gold. 'The Game of the Goose,' she read slowly. Fred felt strange. show more She shivered. 'Open it,' said Rowley. So begins the Game of the Goose. Fred, Rowley and Rabbit hardly knew each other before the game. But the game changed everything. It took each of them on an adventure - a terrifying, wonderful adventure of hoping and saving and living and dying. It was a journey that they would remember for ever. show lessTags
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A good class novel for year 5+. It would raise many questions among the students, especially those who don't have much experience of the fantasy genre. Lends itself well to discussion and exploration especially of the ending.
Some readers would find the lack of realistic explanation unsettling.
The author emphasises that the children were changed forever because of their experience, but how they have been changed is not explained.
Some readers would find the lack of realistic explanation unsettling.
The author emphasises that the children were changed forever because of their experience, but how they have been changed is not explained.
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Ursula Dubosarsky was born in Ursula Coleman, Sydney, in 1961. She is an Australian writer of fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults, whose work is characterised by a child's vision and voice. She has won nine national literary prizes, including five New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards. She is the author of illustrated books show more and novels, and also three works of non-fiction about the English language, grammar and etymology for children, featuring a comically enthusiastic character known as "The Word Spy". These "Word Spy" books, illustrated by Tohby Riddle, have won the New South Wales Premier's Literary Award, the Children's Book Council of Australia Junior Judges' Award and Book of the Year Award. In the United States and Canada "The Word Spy" is published under the title "The Word Snoop. Three of her books have been adapted for theatre - "The Red Shoe", "The Terrible Plop" and "Too Many Elephants In This House". She is a Hans Christian Andersen Award Nominee and a Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award Nominee. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 2000
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