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Pineapple Ravioli
Very light cover wear, pages tanned
Paperback
Published January 1, 1999
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Alison Stewart
24 books40 followersAlison has had nine books published - two books for adults and seven for young people. Four of them have been translated into Italian, Danish, Dutch and Thai.
Her latest project,Cold Stone Soup, an unpublished memoir about growing up under apartheid and migrating to Australia has won the FAW 2013 National Literary Awards (Jim Hamilton Award for a non-fiction manuscript). Cold Stone Soup was also runner-up in the 2010 Penguin/Varuna Scholarship.
Her first book for adults, Born Into the Country (Justified Press 1988, South Africa) was shortlisted for the 1987 AA Mutual Life Vita Young Writers’ Award. Heinemann Australia published her next adult novel, Bitterbloom in 1991. Her YA novel, The Wishing Moon was shortlisted for the 1995 Australian Multicultural Children’s Award and was a 1995 Children’s Book Council Notable book.
Her YA dystopia, Days Like This, published by Penguin Australia was a finalist in the inaugural 2010 Amazon/Penguin Breakthrough Novel Award in the YA category.
Alison lives in Sydney and is married with two adult children. When she gets the chance, she loves travelling - who doesn't? Alison worked for years as a news and feature journalist. She currently writes travel stories.
Her latest project,Cold Stone Soup, an unpublished memoir about growing up under apartheid and migrating to Australia has won the FAW 2013 National Literary Awards (Jim Hamilton Award for a non-fiction manuscript). Cold Stone Soup was also runner-up in the 2010 Penguin/Varuna Scholarship.
Her first book for adults, Born Into the Country (Justified Press 1988, South Africa) was shortlisted for the 1987 AA Mutual Life Vita Young Writers’ Award. Heinemann Australia published her next adult novel, Bitterbloom in 1991. Her YA novel, The Wishing Moon was shortlisted for the 1995 Australian Multicultural Children’s Award and was a 1995 Children’s Book Council Notable book.
Her YA dystopia, Days Like This, published by Penguin Australia was a finalist in the inaugural 2010 Amazon/Penguin Breakthrough Novel Award in the YA category.
Alison lives in Sydney and is married with two adult children. When she gets the chance, she loves travelling - who doesn't? Alison worked for years as a news and feature journalist. She currently writes travel stories.
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November 11, 2025
Our heroes are off on a train trip from Hornsby to Jindaloo for a scout jamboree over the Christmas Holidays. While the official reason for the trip is the jamboree, the big draw for this particular group is the visit to the Golden Circle pineapple factory. They take an eventful overnight train ride, and are the first to arrive at the camp site.
At the Golden Circle factory, everyone is presented with a Giant Deluxe Jumbo Pineapple pack and they devour them on the bus on the way back to the campsite. The inevitable happens, and a hot bumpy bus ride makes the kids violently sick.
It's a fun read for probably 7-9 year olds. It feels like the chaos of all the school trips I ever went on. Distinctly Australian story. No chapters. Beautiful pencil drawings by Craig Smith.
At the Golden Circle factory, everyone is presented with a Giant Deluxe Jumbo Pineapple pack and they devour them on the bus on the way back to the campsite. The inevitable happens, and a hot bumpy bus ride makes the kids violently sick.
It's a fun read for probably 7-9 year olds. It feels like the chaos of all the school trips I ever went on. Distinctly Australian story. No chapters. Beautiful pencil drawings by Craig Smith.
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