Isobelle Carmody Bibliography

Bear Flower (M)

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Edited by Charles Montpetit, some of Australia and New Zealand's writers for young people come up with true accounts of actual "first times", from the very first glances to the aftermaths.
Contributors include:
Bear Flower by Isobelle Carmody
God's Neck by Tony Lintermans
Cappuccino by Gaelyn Gordon
Milangka by Pat 'Mamajun' Torres
I Was Teenage A Virgin by Andrew Morgan
A Temporary Shelter by Nigel Gray
Raindrops by Sarah Walker
The Scar by Alan Bunn

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Published:
Australia:
1996, Hodder Headline Australia Children's Books [Out of Print]

Read Bear Flower online on Obernewtyn.net (members only):
...I came awake to the distant howl of dogs, and the feeling that I had missed something important – the end of the world, maybe.
I thought about the dream I had been having. My father had been playing the bear game. I had been hiding in the cupboard alone, listening to him growl and snuffle as he searched for me in his beast guise. I had stared at the dark door, breathless with terror, knowing it would open soon. Knowing the bear would find me, and nothing I could do would stop him....
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