The strange and diverting story of the loblolly boy
Subtitle: a fantasy novel involving enchantment, mystery, one garden gnome and a wombat's bottom
By: by James Norcliffe
Publisher: Longacre Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Dunedin, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781877460258
Subjects: Fantasy; Magic; Flight; Juvenile fiction; Identity; Fiction
Other titles: Loblolly Boy
Description: The loblolly boy - a magical, Peter Pan-like creature - has the gift of flight, is invisible to most people, and has the power to exchange identities with anyone willing to do so. When the loblolly boy swaps identities with the narrator of this story, we are taken on a fast-paced odyssey, and follow him through a chain of transformations and encounters with fantastic characters. At the heart of the story is a swirling logic problem. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
Notes: Novel for children.

New Zealand Post Junior Fiction, 2010