Beyond the Labyrinth by Gillian Rubinstein

This turbulent, powerful novel follows Brenton as he loses himself in his beloved role playing games where the fantasy dangerously shadows real life.īeyond the Labyrinth won the Children's Book Council of Australia's Book of the Year Award for Older Readers in 1989, and in 1990 it won the South Australian Festival National Children's Book Award and was shortlisted for the Alan Marshall Prize. Together they meet a stranger on the beach, speaking an unknown language and carrying bewildering technology. He can’t get on with his parents, his younger brother is overtaking him in every way and now twelve-year-old Victoria must come and live with them too. A Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year for Older Readers, Beyond the Labyrinth is a devastating exploration of chance, fate, and love. Hardcover 7.93 12 Used from 3.95 1 Collectible from 19.99 Paperback 4.99 1 Used from 4.99 1 New from 34.00 Fourteen-year-old Brenton questions the choices in his life when an alien anthropologist arrives to study an ancient Aboriginal tribe that once lived in the area around his home.

A challenging, mesmerising young adult novel that brings role-playing dice games, the nuclear nightmare, a phantom graffiti artist and a curious alien anthropologist together in a remote beachside town. PERSONAL: Born August 29, 1942, in England daughter of Thomas Kenneth (a research chemist) and Margaret Jocelyn Hanson married Ion Will (marriage ended) married Philip Eli Rubinstein (a health educator), 1973 children: Matthew, Tessa, Susannah.

Beyond the Labyrinth by Gillian Rubinstein