The Burrumbi Kids Book Report

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Book Report- The Barrumbi Kids

The burrumbi Kids front cover.

Introduction:

The Barrumbi Kids, is an ‘episodic’ book which is the beginning of a series of thrilling, fictional, adventure/action books. The book contains crazy scenes, including a crocodile about to feed on a small, young child, children jumping off a cliff edge, killing animals, stealing a pet snake, stealing eggs, things that unexpectedly disappear and much more. Written by Leonie Norrington, (the book) officially published in 2002. Image of Leonie Norrington.

Leonie Norrington described her life as being “born into a large Irish-Catholic family, with her eight brothers and sisters and spending her childhood growing up in a remote community in Northern Australia, among

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