The Hat single work   children's fiction   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 The Hat
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'A boy moves from Melbourne to the Queensland rainforest to live with his father (because his mother, who had divorced, has died). The last thing the boy has to remind him of his mother is a hat, which he always tries to retrieve every time he loses it (even if it means risking his life), but his abilities are pushed to the limit when he loses it while being ordered to stand guard over the last known individual of a species of bilby. ('https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue-Tied_(short_story_collection))

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Tongue-Tied! Paul Jennings , Camberwell London : Puffin , 2002 Z955946 2002 selected work children's fiction children's

    'Have you ever . . .

    • swallowed a live fish?
    • seen bugs in hailstones?
    • had luminous teeth?
    • used a smell-detector?
    • been a ghost?

      'No? Then read about kids who have - eight twisted tales to leave you tongue-tied!'

    (Publication summary) 

    Camberwell London : Puffin , 2002
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Paul Jennings' Trickiest Stories Paul Jennings , Hawthorn : Penguin , 2008 Z1858189 2008 selected work children's fiction children's

    This special collection of Paul's trickiest stories proves yet again that he is the master of unexpected twists and turns!

    Hawthorn : Penguin , 2008
    pg. 155-177
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