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Jean Bachoura

Jean Bachoura is a Melbourne based actor and writer of Levantine descent. He is an inaugural recipient of of the Wheeler Centre’s scheme for writers, The Next Chapter. His work is reflective of a life lived between cultures: born in Damascus, raised in Syria, Lebanon and Australia. In 2016 he was awarded the Deborah Cass Prize for his piece ‘Night Falls’. As an actor he has worked across stage, TV and film productions, including Goran Stolevski’s ‘You Deserve Everything’, and more recently Taika Waititi’s ‘Time Bandits’.

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Title:

Huda and Me

Written by:

H. Hayek 

Read by:

Jean Bachoura 

Format:

Unabridged CD Audio Book 

Number of CDs:

4 

Duration:

4 hours 9 minutes 

Published:

March 01 2023 

Available Date:

March 01 2023 

Age Category:

Children (10+) 

ISBN:

9781038640208 

Genres:

Fiction; Australian Fiction; Children's Fiction; General Fiction 

Publisher:

Bolinda audio 

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Price

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AUD$ 14.95

AUD$ 14.95

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Australian author

A cheeky, fun and fast-moving tale of two Lebanese-Australian kids who decide to escape their horrible babysitter by running away … to the other side of the world.

Huda's sitting in the airport lounge, fiddling with our tickets. I can tell she's excited because she has a little smile on her face and she keeps glancing at her pink digital watch. I can't believe we're doing this. I can't believe we're running away from home. Well, we're not really running away. We'll come back. We're running to our parents. On the other side of the world. When their parents have to travel to Beirut unexpectedly, 12-year-old Akeal and his six siblings are horrified to be left behind in Melbourne with the dreaded Aunt Amel as their babysitter. Things do not go well, and Akeal's naughty little sister, Huda, hatches a bold plan to escape. After stealing Aunt Amel's credit card to buy plane tickets to Lebanon, Huda persuades her reluctant favourite brother to come with her. So begins Huda and Akeal's hair-raising and action-packed journey to reunite with their parents half a world away, in a city they've grown up dreaming about but have never seen.

'A charming, delightful and original story that kept me smiling the whole way through.'
Randa Abdel-Fattah, award-winning author of When Michael Met Mina

'Big adventure, big laughs and big heart. Huda and Me is exactly what #OzMG needs more of. One minute you're laughing out loud and the next you're wiping away a cheeky tear.'
Nat Amoore, bestselling author of Secrets of a Schoolyard Millionaire

'Sparkling with mischief, adventure and family love, Huda and Me is a gem of a story.'
Kirsty Murray, multi-award-winning author