Title

Next Stop the Moon

Author

Gervay, Susanne

Publisher

Angus & Robertson

Published Date

1995

Annotation

The year is 1964 and teenagers, Rosie and Lisa, are discovering the Beatles, clothes, dieting and boys. Rosie is also a Hungarian refugee and her father’s struggles to escape memories of the Hitler regime weigh on the family. Told with humour and feeling for those experiencing both their old and new cultures.

Key Concepts

Cross cultural relations, Friendship, Migration, Refugees, War

Audience

Secondary

AC Links/EYLF

English, Geography, HASS, History, ACELA1528, ACELA1529, ACELT1619, ACELT1621, ACELT1622, ACELT1803, ACHASSK186, ACHASSK188, ACHASSK189, ACHASSK190, ACHASSK191, ACHASSK192, ACELA1540, ACELA1541, ACELT1626, ACELT1627, ACELT1628, ACELT1807, ACOKFH009, ACOKFH010, ACELA1550, ACELA1551, ACELT1663, ACELT1771, ACELT1634, ACELT1635, ACELA1563, ACELA1564, ACELA1565, ACELT1639, ACELT1640, ACELT1812, ACELT1642, ACELT1643, ACELT1644, ACOKFH018, ACOKFH021, ACOKFH022, ACOKFH023, ACOKFH024