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Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left
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On the cold and inhospitable planet of Zyrgon in a galaxy light years away, X's father wins the state lottery for the 27th time in a row. His twelve-year-old daughter knows he will now be severely punished. Determined to save her family from jail, she buys a spaceship and the whole family then set off into space, and halfway across the galaxy and turn left. They land on an even stranger planet - Earth.

Adaptations

form y separately published work icon Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left John Reeves , Ray Boseley , Graeme Farmer , Roger Dunn , Everett de Roche , Chris Anastassiades , Aleksi Vellis , Vince Moran , Michael Harvey , Matthew Lovering , Seven Network (publisher), ( dir. Rod Hardy et. al. )agent 1992 Melbourne Australia : Crawford Productions Seven Network , 1994 Z1028716 1992 single work film/TV young adult science fiction

On the cold and inhospitable planet of Zyrgon in a galaxy light years away, X's father wins the state lottery for the 27th time in a row. Knowing he will now be severely punished, twelve-year-old X is determined to save her family from jail, and decides to buy a spaceship. The whole family then set off into space, head halfway across the galaxy, and turn left. They land on an even stranger planet: Earth.

Notes

  • Prequel to Turn Right for Zyrgon.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking Kestrel , 1985 .
      Extent: 144p.
      ISBN: 0670806366
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 1987 .
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      Extent: 144p.
      ISBN: 0140318437
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 1994 .
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      Extent: 144p.
      Edition info: Puffin TV Tie-in ed.
      ISBN: 0140361715 (pbk.)
    • Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Puffin , 1996 .
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      Extent: 144p.
      ISBN: 014037941X
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y separately published work icon Turn Right for Zyrgon Robin Klein , Ringwood : Penguin , 1994 Z105506 1994 single work novel humour science fiction young adult
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Jo Goodman Revisits the Work of Robin Klein Jo Goodman , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 20 no. 1 2005; (p. 10-13)
Untitled Karen Harbutt , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: The Chronicle (Canberra) , 18 June 1986; (p. 21)
— Review of Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left Robin Klein , 1985 single work novel
Untitled John Cohen , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , October no. 97 1985; (p. 46-47)
— Review of Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left Robin Klein , 1985 single work novel
Books for Young Readers Margaret Dunkle , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 72 1985; (p. 11-12)
— Review of Hide Till Daytime Joan Phipson , 1977 single work children's fiction ; Warts and All : A Book of Body Talk Ted Greenwood , Shane Fennessy , 1984 single work non-fiction ; The Web of Time Lee Harding , 1979 single work novel ; Roland Harvey's Incredible Book of Almost Everything 1984 anthology children's fiction prose non-fiction ; The Rainbow Stealer Eleanor Nilsson , 1984 single work picture book ; Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left Robin Klein , 1985 single work novel ; Rattletrap Rosie Mary Small , 1984 single work children's fiction
Books for Young Readers Margaret Dunkle , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 72 1985; (p. 11-12)
— Review of Hide Till Daytime Joan Phipson , 1977 single work children's fiction ; Warts and All : A Book of Body Talk Ted Greenwood , Shane Fennessy , 1984 single work non-fiction ; The Web of Time Lee Harding , 1979 single work novel ; Roland Harvey's Incredible Book of Almost Everything 1984 anthology children's fiction prose non-fiction ; The Rainbow Stealer Eleanor Nilsson , 1984 single work picture book ; Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left Robin Klein , 1985 single work novel ; Rattletrap Rosie Mary Small , 1984 single work children's fiction
Untitled Karen Harbutt , 1986 single work review
— Appears in: The Chronicle (Canberra) , 18 June 1986; (p. 21)
— Review of Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left Robin Klein , 1985 single work novel
Untitled John Cohen , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , October no. 97 1985; (p. 46-47)
— Review of Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left Robin Klein , 1985 single work novel
Jo Goodman Revisits the Work of Robin Klein Jo Goodman , 2005 single work column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 20 no. 1 2005; (p. 10-13)
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