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    The Swaggie on the Hill
    The Swaggie on the Hill
    The Swaggie on the Hill
    Audiobook16 minutes

    The Swaggie on the Hill

    Written by Sally Cook

    Narrated by Sally Cook

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    About this audiobook

    The Swaggie on the Hill tells the story of a young girl who is puzzled by the adult life around her, This comes to a head when she and her classmates at a small primary school are shut in the school house by their teachers while a threatening man looms in the school grounds, causing simultaneous nose bleeds in two of the boys., And there is the matter of the witch like woman who lives nearby. She frightens the children as they rush past her place in their billycarts. The story is set in mid 1960s Melbourne and is enhanced with sound effects.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthor's Republic
    Release dateAug 16, 2021
    ISBN9781667908908
    The Swaggie on the Hill

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