TY - BOOK AU - Mahy,Margaret TI - The dark blue 100-ride bus ticket SN - 1869508165 U1 - NZ823.2 23 PY - 2009/// CY - Auckland [N.Z.] PB - HarperCollins KW - Courage KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Supermarkets KW - Fantasy fiction KW - Children's stories KW - Children's stories, New Zealand KW - lcgft N1 - Story for children; When Carlo and his mother, Jessica, accept a free bus ticket to the supermarket at the end of the world they are really only being polite. But the wonderful supermarket turns out to be real, and so are the horrible howling Dowlers who are plotting to destroy it. What begins as fun and laughter becomes violent and dangerous, and a pair of resourceful children will need all their courage if the Dowlers are to be defeated. Suggested level: primary, intermediate N2 - When Carlo and his mother, Jessica, accept a free bus ticket to the supermarket at the end of the world they are really only being polite. But the wonderful supermarket turns out to be real, and so are the horrible howling Dowlers who are plotting to destroy it. What begins as fun and laughter becomes violent and dangerous, and a pair of resourceful children will need all their courage if the Dowlers are to be defeated ER -