TY - BOOK AU - Rodda,Emily TI - His name was Walter SN - 9781460756188 AV - A823.4 U1 - A823.4 23 PY - 2018/// CY - Sydney, NSW PB - Angus & Robertson KW - Secrecy - Fiction KW - Friendship KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Students KW - Teachers KW - Secrecy - Juvenile fiction KW - Prophecies KW - fast KW - Children's Book of the Year Awards KW - Australian fiction KW - Books KW - Secrecy KW - Children's stories KW - Books and reading KW - Storytelling KW - Australian KW - Detective and mystery fiction KW - Frame stories KW - lcgft KW - Frame-stories KW - lcsh KW - Fiction KW - Juvenile works N1 - For secondary school ages N2 - "Once upon a time, in a dark city far away, there lived a boy called Walter, who had nothing but his name to call his own..." The handwritten book, with its strangely vivid illustrations, has been hidden in the old house for a long, long time. Tonight, four kids and their teacher will find it. Tonight, at last, the haunting story of Walter and the mysterious, tragic girl called Sparrow will be read - right to the very end. An extraordinary story within a story a mystery, a prophecy, a long-buried secret. And five people who will remember this night as long as they live ER -