Information about the title group: The 1950s, Australia: The orphan Colm manages to escape from the home. Together with the itinerant worker Billy Dare and his dog Rusty, he travels across the country and experiences many adventures. This is a shortened and adapted version of the novel discussed in English G 21, Volume 5. Information about the series: Reading is fun - with exciting, informative, and controversial readings, the Cornelsen English Library series gradually introduces students to handling longer texts. The series is offered in three difficulty levels throughout the school years: 1. easier readings, 2. readings of medium difficulty, 3. texts for high-achieving learning groups. All readers include an alphabetical vocabulary list.