Horsehead Soup
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In Horsehead Boy Spud was a brain in a vat, until he stole someone else's body. In Horsehead Man he took a human horse to the racetrack and caused total chaos. But when Spud and the horse fell into a tank of liquid nitrogen they were frozen solid for years and years.Now in Horsehead Soup, the horse, Spud and their two mad brain surgeon mates have all woken up in the future only to discover they are exhibits in a Year 2000 theme park. History was never this weird!!*Shortlisted, Best Novel - Young Adult, Aurealis Awards, 2000Ages 9+
Rory Barnes
Rory Barnes was born in London in 1946, but has lived most of his life in Australia. He studied Philosophy at Monash University before working in various capacities in secondary education. In 1976 he took up a fellowship at Stanford University's Creative Writing Centre and has been a professional writer and teacher of writing ever since. He has written several novels for both adults and teenagers (many of them with Damien Broderick). Barnes has lived in Adelaide for the last 25 years. He is married with two sons. His website is at: http://users.bigpond.net.au/rory.barnes
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