Books by Barry Jonsberg and Complete Book Reviews
Barry Jonsberg, Author . Knopf $15.95 (257p) ISBN 978-0-375-83240-6
Calma Harrison, the smart, sassy narrator of this memorable first novel by an Australian high school teacher, shares an unlikely friendship with class clown and ne'er-do-well Jaryd Kiffing, known as "Kiffo." Jonsberg reveals the source...
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Barry Jonsberg, Author . Knopf $15.99 (239p) ISBN 978-0-375-84457-7
The opening of this absorbing drama may startle with its graphic violence. Jonsberg (The Crimes and Punishments of Miss Payne
), an Australian high school teacher, does not shy away from darkness, whether considering his beleaguered and bullied...
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Barry Jonsberg. Chronicle, $16.99 (248p) ISBN 978-1-4521-3351-5
In a moving story first published in Australia, Jonsberg (Dreamrider) handles painful topics with honesty and humor. When 12-year-old Candice gets a school assignment to write an alphabetically organized essay about something that happened in her...
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Barry Jonsberg. Groundwood, $17.99 paper (280p) ISBN 978-1-77306-891-6
A dystopian future Australia provides the backdrop for this smart speculative read revolving around the profound love of a twin brother and sister. Twelve-year-old siblings Aiden and Ashleigh Delatour live privileged existences in Sydney, where they
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