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Playing Beatie Bow by Ruth Park
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it was amazing
bookshelves: australian-author, young-adult, time-travel, classics-project, bookmooch, bday-games, favorites, australia
Read 2 times. Last read November 25, 2018 to November 26, 2018.

It looks like I’ve got a really good start, this year, in catching up with the Aussie lits. This is another classic which pretty much everybody has read but me! Seriously, looking at the cover, I thought it’d be something creepy (a quote at the back of the book reads, “It’s Beatie Bow � risen from the dead!�) but it’s not at all creepy! It’s a time travel tale which I adore and I love this book!

Abigail Kirk is not perfect. She was hurt deeply years ago and has never let go. She felt that she should and she wanted to but she doesn’t know how. It took a trip in time for her to learn about love and what it means to love. The ending, whilst pretty predictable, also carried a twist which I didn’t expect.

The story is set in Sydney’s Rocks area and I had in my head through the book the images of cobblestones paths, sandstone buildings, and the Sydney Harbour Bridge� One of the loveliest places around! This is one of the factor of my loving this book because I can see it clearly in my head as I know the place well �
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Reading Progress

October 28, 2010 – Shelved
October 28, 2010 – Shelved as: australian-author
October 28, 2010 – Shelved as: young-adult
October 28, 2010 – Shelved as: time-travel
August 5, 2012 – Shelved as: classics-project
October 25, 2012 – Shelved as: bookmooch
October 28, 2012 – Shelved as: bday-games
January 10, 2013 – Started Reading
January 11, 2013 – Shelved as: favorites
January 11, 2013 – Shelved as: australia
January 11, 2013 – Finished Reading
November 25, 2018 – Started Reading
November 26, 2018 – Finished Reading

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