I bought this hardback copy off the man himself, Allan Baillie when he came to promote his book in Queenstown. There is an inscription from him on the inside cover. The book is set on the rugged west coast of Tasmania at the time of the Mount Lyell mine disaster in 1912. Twelve year old Tim is forced into adulthood when his father dies and has to learn to overcome his grief and resentment to become a riverman in the wilderness. I would recommend this book to readers from 11-14. Below is a link to Allan Baillie's website:
This blog contains reviews and comments on children's books which I own, have read, and would like to share. I look for books at markets and opportunity shops. They are cleaned up, covered and read. Then I take them to the classroom for students to read. Students can borrow the books at any time. Many books are also from my personal library, especially the Youth Fiction. Students can preview some of them on this blog. Now, I am also on the lookout for great new releases for my grandson Archie.
Set in Tasmania this book really appealed to me because I have been to most of these places that the characters talk about and go to. This book is definitely the most difficult book that I have ever read, the dense character descriptions and all the dialogue was really difficult to decode, I think that I killed a good ten or so hours reading this book. I made the joke of saying that Hugh Jackman was on the front cover, nobody agreed with me though.
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Great book! I agree with you about Hugh Jackman, seen all of his movies. Mrs C.
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