The Silver Donkey - Reviews - www.theage.com.au
Hartnett is one of the finest writers of fiction in this country. Her dark and catastrophic novels such as Sleeping Dogs and Of a Boy, for which she won The Age book of the year award, are written for anyone who has eyes to see and ears to listen to the tumult and sadness in the world. It is ludicrous that she has been burdened with the label of writing for the "young adult" market. The Silver Donkey , however, is a genuine children's book, not that this will stop readers of any age from enjoying it... ...
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