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The House Guest

Published
Oct 1991
Main Genre
General Fiction General Fiction
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176

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‘The pick of the bunch is Eleanor Nilsson's evocative, spine-tingling novel about loyalty, friendship and communication across the barriers of death...'<br>

—<i>The Sun-Herald</i><br>

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When Gunno breaks into the quiet house with the big garden, he has no idea how it will change his life. Something about the place keeps drawing him back: its daytime silence, its solitude, and the mysterious upstairs bedroom that belongs—or belonged—to a boy very much like Gunno.<br>

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As he unravels the mysteries of the house and the family that seems to half-live there, Gunno becomes less certain of his own place in the world—until his destiny is revealed in a chilling and transcendent conclusion.<br>

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This award-winning, genre-defying ghost story is a classic of Australian young adult literature.<br>

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<i>Children's Book Council Book of the Year · Older Readers</i><i><br>

</i><i>Victorian Premier's Literary Award · Children's Books</i><i><br>

</i><i>SA Festival Award for Literature · Children's Books</i>

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First Edition Oct 1991 Penguin (Australia) ISBN 0140346015
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