The Last Week in December by Ursula Dubosarsky
This is a tale of how eight-year-old Bella's mistake is still haunting her three years later. With realism the story tells of Bella's compulsion to steal her English grandfather's leather pouch and take it back to Australia. But she eventually gets found out.
Ursula Dubosarsky was born and grew up in Sydney and wanted to be a writer from the age of six. She is now the author of over 60 books for children and young adults and her work is published all over the world. She has won several national literary awards and internationally she has been nominated for both the Hans Christian Andersen award and the Astrid Lindgren prize. Her most recent novel for children, Brindabella, was short-listed for the 2019 CBCA awards. Ursula Dubosarsky is the current Australian Children's Laureate. Christopher Nielsen is an award-winning Sydney-based illustrator specializing in children's books, advertising, and packaging. His artwork is inspired by a passion for mid-century design and has been short-listed for the CBCA Crichton Award and acknowledged by The British Book Design and Publication Awards, AGDA Awards, 3x3 Awards, Communication Arts, American Illustration and Society Of Illustrators NY. He has received Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals in the Illustrators Australia Awards.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780140349849 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140349847 |
| Title | The Last Week in December |
| Author | Ursula Dubosarsky |
| Series | Puffin Books |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Year published | 1993-07-29 |
| Number of pages | 168 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |