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Issue Details: First known date: 2022... 2022 The Improbable Life of Ricky Bird
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'No one loved making forts more than Ricky. A fort was a place of safety and possibility. It shut out the world and enclosed her and Ollie within any story she wanted to tell ...

'Ricky Bird loves making up stories for her brother Ollie almost as much as she loves him. The imaginary worlds she creates are wild and whimsical places full of unlimited possibilities.

'Real life is another story. Ricky’s father has abandoned them and the family has moved to a bleak new neighbourhood. Worse still, her mother’s new boyfriend, Dan, has come with the furniture.

'But Ricky Bird is a force to be reckoned with. As the mastermind of so many outlandish adventures, her imagination is her best weapon. As her father used to say, if you can spin a good yarn you can get on in life.

'The trouble is that in the best stories characters sometimes take on a life of their own and no one, not even Ricky, is able to imagine the consequences.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Notes

  • Author's note: To my mother Marion, the source of everything.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Cammeray, Cremorne - Mosman - Northbridge area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Simon and Schuster Australia , 2022 .
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      Extent: 368p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 26 April 2022.
      ISBN: 9781761101366
Form: audiobook
    • Cammeray, Cremorne - Mosman - Northbridge area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Simon and Schuster Australia , 2022 .
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      Extent: 10 hrs and 25 minsp.
      Note/s:
      • Published April 25, 2022
      ISBN: 9781761101380

Other Formats

  • Large print.
  • Dyslexic edition.

Awards

2023 shortlisted APA Book Design Awards Best Designed Commercial Fiction Cover designed by Christa Moffitt / Christabella Designs.
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