Gary Crew, Author , illus. by Shaun Tan. Simply Read $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-894965-02-6
Ominous words and violent imagery fuel this dystopia, which is equal parts science fiction and life-as-we-know-it. Crew and Tan (previously teamed for The Memorial
) introduce Tristan, a curious boy who tinkers with discarded objects. In the...
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Gary Crew, Author Simon & Schuster $15 (248p) ISBN 978-0-671-79760-7
Like Crew's masterfully bizarre Strange Objects , this story devolves in the weird, sunblasted landscape of coastal Australia. This time, however, the author falters a bit in blending the paranormal with the prosaic, and his narrative swerves...
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Gary Crew, Author, Rebecca Davis, Editor, Judy Pedersen, Illustrator Simon & Schuster $16 (252p) ISBN 978-0-689-80166-2
In the weird rural Australia of Crew's fiction (Strange Objects; No Such Country) it's not surprising to encounter characters out of The Road Warrior: feral children, a brutish prospector scratching around in the bush. Such types people the author's
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Gary Crew, Author, Steven Woolman, Illustrator Interlink Publishing Group $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-56656-233-1
Crew (First Light) weaves a disquieting tale set in an Australian outback town, where a rusted old watertower seems to be inhabited by a malevolent alien presence. One sweltering afternoon, two buddies named Bubba and Steve, climb the tower for a...
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Gary Crew, Author, Bruce Whatley, Illustrator , illus. by Bruce Whatley. HarperCollins $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-052305-3
Australian author Crew's (The Watertower
) dramatization of an episode that actually took place will delight readers who do not know that a small stuffed animal cheered children in one of the Titanic
's lifeboats. Edith Rosenbaum, a "famo
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Gary Crew, Author, Kam Mak, Illustrator Simon & Schuster $15 (216p) ISBN 978-0-671-79759-1
Winner of Australia's 1991 Children's Book of the Year award, this stunningly original work defies easy categorization as it spins dual story lines into one spellbinding yarn. Crew brings to life the land and peoples of the desert shores of Western...
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