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Sparrow

By Scot Gardner
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The Sparrow by Scot Gardner is an engaging tale that follows a young shipwreck survivor named Sparrow as he navigates life alone in the dense mangrove swamps of Queensland, Australia. The story explores themes of survival, resilience, and self-discovery, as Sparrow learns to adapt and find his place in the world. This children's book blends adventure with introspective moments, offering readers a captivating journey of growth and exploration.
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You might enjoy this book if you're drawn to stories of survival and resilience, especially those set in remote or challenging environments. It's a tale that beautifully captures the resourcefulness and determination of a young protagonist faced with adversity, offering emotional depth and engaging storytelling for young readers.

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Sparrow

An exceptional and compelling novel from one of Australia's most acclaimed and much-loved authors.

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One, two, three, breath.

When a juvenile detention exercise off the coast of the Kimberley goes wrong, sixteen-year-old Sparrow must swim to shore. There are sharks and crocs around him but the monsters he fears most live in the dark spaces in his mind.

He's swimming away from his prison life and towards a desolate, rocky coastland and the hollow promise of freedom. He'll eat or be eaten, kill or be killed.

With no voice, no family and the odds stacked against him, Sparrow has nothing left to lose. But to survive he'll need something more potent than desperation, something more dangerous than a makeshift knife.

Hope.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781760294472

Publisher: A&U Children's

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 July 2017

Country: Australia

Imprint: A&U Children

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 202g

Pages: 224

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Scot Gardner Young Adult

About the Author

Scot Gardner became a writer after a chance meeting with a magazine editor while hitchhiking in eastern Australia. Magazine articles led to op-ed newspaper pieces and eventually novels. Scot's first fiction for young adults, One Dead Seagull, was published after he attended a writing camp with John Marsden.

More than a decade later, his many books have found local and international favour and garnered praise and awards for their honest take on adolescent life. They include books like White Ute Dreaming, Burning Eddy and most recently Happy as Larry, winner of a WA Premier's Book Award for young adult fiction, and The Dead I Know, winner of the CBCA Book of the Year Award for Older Readers.

Scot lives with his wife and some chickens in country Victoria.

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