First published 2013 by University of Queensland Press

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© Samantha Wheeler 2013

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National Library of Australia

Wheeler, Samantha, author.

Smooch & Rose / Samantha Wheeler.

ISBN 978 0 7022 4986 0 (pbk)

ISBN 978 0 7022 5168 9 (pdf)

ISBN 978 0 7022 5169 6 (epub)

ISBN 978 0 7022 5170 2 (kindle)

For children.

Nature conservation – Juvenile fiction.

A823.4

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