Into the future

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A collection of short stories on what the future has in store. Stories are written by Australian authors who have been been shortlisted for the Children's Book Council's Book of the Year awards, from 1985 onwards. Stories range from the fantastic to the dramatic, with a good leavening of humour. First published in 1991. Contents: 'A Secret Place' / Victor Kelleher; 'My Holiday at Gran's' / Kate Walker; 'The Chimera' / Roger Vaughan Carr; 'Fudge' / Michal Dugan; 'A is for Apple' / Robin Klein; 'Next Year, Dave' / Elizabeth Hutchins; 'Simon' / Brian Caswell; 'Lucky Break' / Ted Schurmann; 'The Jumping-off Place' / Mary K. Pershall; 'Roaches' / Isobelle Carmody; 'Dream Catcher' / Allan Baillie; 'Staying with the Slingsbys' / Mary Steele; 'A Little Time, A Little Space' / Penny Hall; 'Lessons with Mr. Barnard' / Donna Sharp; 'Going Back' / Judith O'Neill; 'I Saw My Name in a Book / Caroline Macdonald.