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The Silent One

By Joy Cowley
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The award-winning classic story of discrimination, friendship and destiny. The Silent One is Jonasi, sent from the sea as a baby to grow up in an isolated Pacific village. Separated from the villagers by his silence and their prejudices, Jonasi finds solace in his underwater world... Read More
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The Silent One

The story of Jonasi, sent from the sea as a baby to grow up in an isolated Pacific village. Separated from the villagers by his silence and their prejudices, Jonasi finds solace in his underwater world where he develops a special relationship with a huge white turtle.

Joy Cowley has been awarded an OBE for her services to New Zealand writing. Her books 'Tickets to the Sky Dance' and 'Starbright and the Dreameater' are both winners of the NZ Post Junior Fiction Award and 'Bow Down Shadrach' won the Children's Book of the Year award.

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The award-winning classic story of discrimination, friendship and destiny. The Silent One is Jonasi, sent from the sea as a baby to grow up in an isolated Pacific village. Separated from the villagers by his silence and their prejudices, Jonasi finds solace in his underwater world where he develops a special relationship with a huge white turtle. However, the superstitious villagers see both Jonasi and the turtle as evil spirits. A series of natural disasters and a struggle for leadership within the village sweep Jonasi toward his strange destiny.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141310619

Publisher: Penguin Group (NZ)

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 February 2001

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Puffin

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 11.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 201.0mm

Weight: 136g

Pages: 144

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Joy Cowley New Zealand and Australia Published New Zealand Children's Books New Zealand Published Penguin Books Young Adult

About the Author

Joy Cowley is a much-loved, multi-award-winning New Zealand author of more than 600 titles. She is famous in the United States as the author of the Mrs Wishy-Washy series, which has sold over 40 million copies. Three of her novels, The Silent One, Bow Down Shadrach, and Hunter, have won Children's Book of the Year awards in New Zealand; Ticket to the Sky Dance and Starbright and the Dream Eaterwon junior fiction awards two years running. Joy has been awarded the OBE for her services to children's writing. When not travelling the world, Joy spends her time between Wellington and the Marlborough Sounds.

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