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Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 Staying Alive in Year 5
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'Scott and his friends are simply staying alive in year 5 until their surprising new teacher, Mr Murlin, comes along.

'Boring textbooks go into the bin, eating chocolate in class becomes compulsory and suddenly it's OK to be weird.

'But Mr Murlin is not popular with everyone...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Piper Books , 1989 .
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      Extent: 78p.
      Reprinted: 1993
      ISBN: 0330271466 (pbk.)
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  • Also braille, sound recording.
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Works about this Work

Novel Teachers : The Image of Teachers in Australian Children's Literature Mary Durrington , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 9 no. 4 1994; (p. 5-8)
[Review] Staying Alive in Year 5 Halina Nowicka , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 33 no. 4 1989; (p. 24)
— Review of Staying Alive in Year 5 John Marsden , 1989 single work children's fiction
So Much to Tell You : An Interview with John Marsden Margot Nelmes , 1989 single work interview
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 33 no. 4 1989; (p. 4-6)
[Review] Staying Alive in Year 5 Halina Nowicka , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 33 no. 4 1989; (p. 24)
— Review of Staying Alive in Year 5 John Marsden , 1989 single work children's fiction
Novel Teachers : The Image of Teachers in Australian Children's Literature Mary Durrington , 1994 single work criticism
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 9 no. 4 1994; (p. 5-8)
So Much to Tell You : An Interview with John Marsden Margot Nelmes , 1989 single work interview
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 33 no. 4 1989; (p. 4-6)
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Awards

2004 YABBA — Hall of Fame
1999 winner The TDK Australian Audio Book Awards — Audiobooks for Young People
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