The Ivory Trail

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The Ivory Trail  
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Author(s) Victor Kelleher
Cover artist Garry Moore
Country Australia
Language English
Genre(s) Young-adult, Horror
Publisher Viking Press
Publication date 1999
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 213 pp (first edition)
ISBN 0670888451

The Ivory Trail is a 1999 young-adult horror novel by Victor Kelleher. It follows the story of Jamie Hassan who is coming of age in a traditional mysticism bohemian family. After receiving an ivory carving he is sent on journeys through time in order to find his spiritual guide.[1]

[edit] Background

The Ivory Trail was first published in Australia in 1996 by Viking Press in trade paperback format.[2] In 2001 it was published in the United Kingdom by Puffin Books.[3] Its front cover is used in Australia as a visual text in the New South Wales English Stage 6 Syllabus Journeys Stimulus Booklet.[citation needed] The Ivory Trail was a short-list nominee for the 1999 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel and best horror novel but lost to Dave Luckett's A Dark Victory and Christine Harris' Foreign Devil respectively.[4]

[edit] Synopsis

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[edit] References

  1. ^ "Review". Eidolon Publications. http://eidolon.net/?section=reviews&page=reviews/rev_0026.html. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
  2. ^ "Bibliography: The Ivory Trail". ISFDB. http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?21471. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
  3. ^ "The Ivory Trail by Victor Kelleher". Fantastic Fiction. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/k/victor-kelleher/ivory-trail.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
  4. ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2000 Aurealis Awards". Locus Online. http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Aurealis2000.html. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 


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