Forest (novel) explained

Forest
Author:	Sonya Hartnett
Country:	Australia
Language:	English
Genre:	Children's novel
Publisher:	Viking (Australia)
Pub Date:	2001
Media Type:	Print (Paperback)
Pages:	216
Isbn:	0-670-89920-8
Dewey:	823/.914 21
Congress:	PR9619.3.H3345 F67 2001
Oclc:	49594478
Preceded By:	Thursday's Child
Followed By:	Of a Boy

Forest is a novel written by the award-winning Australian novelist, Sonya Hartnett. It was first published in 2001 in Australia by Viking.^[1]

Dedication

"For Greg, who loves cats."

Epigraph

"'Cats, no less liquid than their shadows, Offer no angles to the wind." - A. S. Tessimond

Awards

• Won - CBCA (2002) ^[2]
• Shortlisted - South Australian Festival Awards for Literature (2002)

Reception

Discussing Forest, Lesley Hawkes finds that "Hartnett offers new and exciting avenues of thought regarding the place of humans in that [Australian] environment.".^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Forest by Sonya Hartnett. National Library of Australia. 16 April 2024.
2. Web site: "Sonya Hartnett" . Penguin Books. 16 April 2024.
3. Web site: Fear, Voice, and the Environment in Sonya Hartnett's Forest and The Midnight Zoo (conference paper given at the 2011 International Research Society for Children's Literature conference) . www.paperschildlit.com . Lesley Kathryn Hawkes . Queensland University of Technology . 2 July 2015.