Saltwater boy / Holidays Fathers Estranged families Friendship Children of prisoners
Christmas, Bradley,
Saltwater boy / Bradley Christmas. - 391 pages ; 20 cm.
When Dad goes to jail, Matthew and his mum move to the coast, so mum – an artist – thinks she can renovate her late father’s old place to sell it to get them back on their feet. Matthew strikes up a friendship with Old Bill, an Indigenous man who becomes a father figure to him, and teaches him how to find and eat pippis, fish (and to make a few dollars from it). Dad gets out on parole and moves back in with the family, but his anger fractures the newfound peace and everything is once again at stake, and in peril.
Young adult.
9781760656393
Holidays--Juvenile fiction.
Fathers--Juvenile fiction.
Estranged families--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Children of prisoners--Juvenile fiction.
Australian fiction.
Children’s stories.
Bildungsromans.
A823.4
Saltwater boy / Bradley Christmas. - 391 pages ; 20 cm.
When Dad goes to jail, Matthew and his mum move to the coast, so mum – an artist – thinks she can renovate her late father’s old place to sell it to get them back on their feet. Matthew strikes up a friendship with Old Bill, an Indigenous man who becomes a father figure to him, and teaches him how to find and eat pippis, fish (and to make a few dollars from it). Dad gets out on parole and moves back in with the family, but his anger fractures the newfound peace and everything is once again at stake, and in peril.
Young adult.
9781760656393
Holidays--Juvenile fiction.
Fathers--Juvenile fiction.
Estranged families--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Children of prisoners--Juvenile fiction.
Australian fiction.
Children’s stories.
Bildungsromans.
A823.4