The Back Leg of a Goat Revised Edition Contributor(s): Reeve, Penny (Author) |
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ISBN: 1845503406 ISBN-13: 9781845503406 Publisher: CF4kids OUR PRICE: $6.29 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2008 Annotation: How does Tanya end up buying the back leg of a goat? Read how a crazy idea turns out to be a cool plan to help Shanti, from India and her family. Tanya is able to make a difference and discovers the importance of belonging to God's family. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Religious - Christian - General |
Dewey: FIC |
Series: Tanya Abbey Adventure |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.25 lbs) 96 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Australian - Religious Orientation - Christian - Cultural Region - Indian - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Theometrics - Evangelical - Theometrics - Mainline - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Tania Abbey is a young peace-activist and environmental campaigner - she is also a follower of Jesus. How does just a regular girl from a regular Australian town (with one or two crazy ideas) end up buying the back leg of a goat? But is it a crazy idea to do this? What appears to be crazy is actually a cool plan to help poor people in the third world. A healthy, strong goat could make all the difference to Shanti's family. Shanti lives in India and her family have very little money - they don't even have enough to spend on education, clean drinking water or other things that Tania takes for granted. So Tania plans to use her savings to buy the back leg of a goat (it's the only bit she can afford ) but the plan goes up a gear when she manages to get her brother, Daniel, involved in a fashion show But it's her new friend, Emily, who has the craziest idea of all - 'Let's make it a recycled fashion show ' Before you can say 'dustbin', Tania and Emily - and the other kids in the area - are gathering a whole pile of junk to make costumes and clothes out of. This is going to be more than just crazy It's going to be fun-crazy Themes making a difference; belonging to God |
Contributor Bio(s): Reeve, Penny: - Penny Reeve and her family lived in Nepal as missionaries for five years. They now live in the Blue Mountains of Australia. See more about her on www.pennyreeve.com |