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Tales from outer suburbia / Shaun Tan.

Tan, Shaun. (Author).

Summary:

Fifteen illustrated short stories, some humorous and some haunting, set in the Australian suburbs.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780545055871
  • ISBN: 0545055873
  • ISBN: 9780545055888
  • ISBN: 0545055881
  • Physical Description: 92 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st American edition
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2009.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
The water buffalo -- Eric -- Broken toys -- Distant rain -- Undertow -- Grandpa's story -- No other country -- Stick figures -- The nameless holiday -- The amnesia machine -- Alert but not alarmed -- Wake -- Make your own pet -- Our expedition -- Night of the turtle rescue.
Target Audience Note:
1040L Lexile
Target Age Group: 12 to 17. Ingram.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 6.5 1 128372.
Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning MG 6.5 1
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild selection
Subject:
Suburban life > Australia > Fiction.
Australia > Fiction.
Genre:
Young adult fiction.
Short stories.

Available copies

  • 6 of 10 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 10 total copies.
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Marion Library YA TAN (Text) 37810434754254 Young Adult Fiction Checked out 08/13/2026