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Kangaroo
- Author
- Julia Kirby
- Narrator
- Lily Whiteley
- Publisher
- Hachette Children's Group
- Publish Date
- 22 January 2026
- Run Time
- 2 hours 44 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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Charlie has only been in Silver Gum for a week and she's already saved three orphaned joeys. The joeys are the only thing Charlie likes about this remote place her mum has dragged her to. All she really wants is to go back. Back home and back to before, when Dad was with them.
Chris wants to go back in time, too. Back to when he was a successful weatherman and the whole country didn't hate him. What he doesn't want is to be in a place that's barely even on the map.
But when Chris gets stranded in Silver Gum, Charlie sees an opportunity. Could Chris be the answer Charlie and the joeys are looking for?
Inspired by a true story, Kangaroo was the highest-grossing Australian film of 2025 and was released in UK cinemas in January 2026.
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- Author
- Julia Kirby
- Narrator
- Lily Whiteley
- Duration
- 2 hours 44 minutes
- Release Date
- 22 January 2026
- ISBN
- 9781444987294
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hachette Children's Group
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: True stories told as fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Stories Inspired by or adapted from other media
Synopsis
A heart-warming story about a young girl and a TV presenter who form an unlikely friendship and work together to rescue and rehabilitate a group of orphaned kangaroos.Charlie has only been in Silver Gum for a week and she's already saved three orphaned joeys. The joeys are the only thing Charlie likes about this remote place her mum has dragged her to. All she really wants is to go back. Back home and back to before, when Dad was with them.Chris wants to go back in time, too. Back to when he was a successful weatherman and the whole country didn't hate him. What he doesn't want is to be in a place that's barely even on the map.But when Chris gets stranded in Silver Gum, Charlie sees an opportunity. Could Chris be the answer Charlie and the joeys are looking for?Inspired by a true story, Kangaroo was the highest-grossing Australian film of 2025 and was released in UK cinemas in January 2026.
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