Saltwater boy / Bradley Christmas.
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TextPublisher: Newtown, NSW : Walker Books Australia, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: 391 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781760656393Subject(s): Holidays -- Juvenile fiction | Fathers -- Juvenile fiction | Estranged families -- Juvenile fiction | Friendship -- Juvenile fiction | Children of prisoners -- Juvenile fictionGenre/Form: Australian fiction. | Children’s stories. | Bildungsromans. DDC classification: A823.4 Summary: 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.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Young Adult | YA JF CHR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 13/04/2024 | 31111085900098 |
Young adult.
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.
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