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      The House Guest

      by Eleanor Nilsson
      Published
      Oct 1991
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      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...'


      —The Sun-Herald





      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.





      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.





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





      Children's Book Council Book of the Year · Older Readers


      Victorian Premier's Literary Award · Children's Books


      SA Festival Award for Literature · Children's Books

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      First Edition Oct 1991 Penguin (Australia) ISBN13 9780140346015 ISBN10 0140346015
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      Jan 1991 Viking ISBN13 9780670841240 ISBN10 0670841242
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      Jun 2019 Ligature Pty Limited ISBN13 9781925883206 ISBN10 1925883205
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      Jun 2019 Untapped: the Australian literary heritage project ISBN13 9781925883220 ISBN10 1925883221
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