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  • Published: 2 July 2012
  • ISBN: 9781742756714
  • Imprint: Random House Australia Children's
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $19.99

How to Live Forever (Novel)




A charming tale of the perils of immortality, from one of Australia's best storytellers.

Peter lives with his mother and grandfather in the museum, which has the most weird and wonderful exhibits and a hundred secret doors.

When his grandfather gets sick, Peter decides to search for his long-lost father. Instead, he finds a strange old woman who gives him a book called How To Live Forever but makes him promise never to read it.

Trapped in a world where books are houses, Peter meets a girl called Festival, and together they look for the Ancient Child, who has the answers to everything.

  • Published: 2 July 2012
  • ISBN: 9781742756714
  • Imprint: Random House Australia Children's
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $19.99

About the author

Colin Thompson

Since he started writing and illustrating children's books in 1990, Colin Thompson has had more than 65 books published. He has received several awards, including an Aurealis Award for the novel How to Live Forever, CBCA Picture Book of the Year for The Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Riley and CBCA Honour Book and the Family Therapists' Award for The Big Little Book of Happy Sadness. He has been shortlisted for many other awards, including the Astrid Lindgren Award - the most prestigious children's literature prize in the world. Colin lives in Bellingen, Australia. His books with Random House Australia include How to Live Forever, numerous picture books, The Floods series, The Dragons series, The Big Little Book of Happy Sadness, Free to a Good Home and Barry.

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Praise for How to Live Forever (Novel)

Winner of the 2004 Aurealis Award for Children's Novels - Short Fiction