Rufkin, a perpetual no-hoper, is left to work in a salvage yard while his celebrity parents and talented siblings go on a summer acting tour. At the salvage yard, Rufkin meets Nissy and a small boy who can only say "Help!" Soon they are caught up in a magical adventure. Bursting with humor and mystery, this is the spectacular conclusion to Barbara Else's award-winning Tales of Fontania quartet.
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Barbara Else is one of New Zealand's most successful writers, for adults and children. Her Tales of Fontania series-including The Travelling Restaurant-has been published around the world and her 2018 release Go Girl: A Storybook of Epic NZ Women is a bestseller. Else is a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature, and has worked as a university tutor, editor and freelance writer. She lives in Dunedin, New Zealand.
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Seller: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 17425699-20
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Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland
Condition: New. Illustrator(s): Broad, Sam. Series: Tales of Fontania. Num Pages: Black and white illustrations; colour maps. BIC Classification: YFC. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 134 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 374. 2015. Paperback. . . . . Seller Inventory # KRS0029220
Seller: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: New. Illustrator(s): Broad, Sam. Series: Tales of Fontania. Num Pages: Black and white illustrations; colour maps. BIC Classification: YFC. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 134 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 374. 2015. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # KRS0029220
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Shannon, New Zealand
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 325 pages. A rollicking steampunk sea adventure in which a boy who suffers stage-fright is suddenly centre stage: the only one who can right an ancient wrong and save t he kingdom. Rufkin must learn to try harder. He is sent to work in a salvage yar d, where vicious cave lizards lurk in the mud, among rusting ship hulks saved fo r scrap. When he hears a small voice cry Help! from the riverbank mangroves, R ufkin and his reluctant new neighbour, Nissy, are caught up in a perilous sea ad venture that threatens to bring the end-of-days. Rufkin, the boy who suffers sta ge-fright, is suddenly centre stage: the only one who can right an ancient wrong and save the kingdrom. Seller Inventory # 5041aq
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