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'On Samuel's twelfth birthday he disappeared. Neither his opera-singer father, his psychiatrist mother, or his almost-twin half-sister could find him. It was his grandfather, old Elias, who eventually saved his life. A story about the intricate links binding together a family. (Publisher's blurb)

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    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking , 1995 .
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      Extent: 160p.
      ISBN: 0670855723
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 1998 .
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      Extent: 157p.
      ISBN: 0140369953
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