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AUSTRALIANA FICTION - THE MURRAY RIVER
The Great Overland Riverboat Race (Michael Dugan) $3 PB GC Set in the heyday of the Murray steamboats, who of the two loud mouthed riverboat captains would win the race and prove himself the better captain? Even using skulduggery and sabotage, how can these two ingenious swindlers race their riverboats when there is no longer a river to race upon as the rains had not yet arrived upriver? Great illustrations! 8+
The River Kings (Max Fatchen) $3 PB EC Follow Shawn as he joins Captain Elijah and the crew of the Lazy Jane on their spirited journey up and down the great river Murray, fighting to remain the mighty River Kings. 12+ http://www.wakefieldpress.com.au/books/riverkings.html (Cover different)
The Incredible Steam-Driven Adventures of Riverboat Bill (Cliff Green) $3 PB VGC Riverboat Bill sets out once more to prove that he is the best skipper on the Murray. Set in the 1890’s, he sinks his own boat, salvages an abandoned craft, names her Mystery and heads for adventure full steam ahead! Great illustrations! Recommended! 8+ http://cgi.ebay.com.au/INCREDIBLE-STEAM-DRIVEN-ADVENTURES-OF-RIVERBOAT-BILL_W0QQitemZ350009008716QQcmdZViewItem
The Further Adventures Of Riverboat Bill (Cliff Green) $3 PB GC More resourceful than ever, Riverboat Bill is back! Abrim with life and eccentric outback characters, this bubbling yarn is overflowing with humour, all punctuated by the run of the river and its seasons. Join Bill as he once again leads the crew through a series of hilarious steam-driven adventures on the Darling River to find triumph and prosperity. 8+
Paddle-Ghosts (Roy Pond) $3 PB EC When Matt drops his coin into the box of the static display of the old paddle wheeler PS Return, he started more than the engine. The paddle wheeler takes Matt and his friends on a ride into the past on the River Murray. 10+ http://aussiebid.com.au/Paddle-Ghosts-by-Roy-Pond,itemname,68711070,id,auctiondetails
The Man In The Red Turban (David Martin) $4 HBDJ EC The man in the red turban is Ganda Singh, the Indian hawker who is well known and liked by hundreds along the Murray River. Times are hard. It is 1933, the Depression and many have no work. Meet some remarkable people, including a few rogues, and laugh along at the adventures of Ganda, his travelling companions – and his horses as they ply their trade amongst the Murray River inhabitants! 10+
Red And The Heron Street Gang (Kerry Kenihan) $2 PB VGC Red lives on the wrong side of town. Whenever people call her Regina she knows she’s in trouble and somehow, that often seems to happen, especially when she forms a gang to defend her street from the tough Cherry Avenue kids. The Heron Street Gang get out of most of their scrapes until one day the Murray River swells into a flood, bringing real danger. 10+