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Overview"""Indispensable."" -- Booklist (starred review) Subhi is a refugee. He was born in an Australian permanent detention center after his mother and sister fled the violence of a distant homeland, and the center is the only world he knows. But every night, the faraway whales sing to him, the birds tell him their stories, and the magical Night Sea from his mother's stories brings him gifts. As Subhi grows, his imagination threatens to burst beyond the limits of the fences that contain him. Until one night, it seems to do just that. Subhi sees a scruffy girl on the other side of the wire mesh, a girl named Jimmie, who appears with a notebook written by the mother she lost. Unable to read it herself, Jimmie asks Subhi to unravel her family's love songs and tragedies that are penned there. Subhi and Jimmie might both find comfort -- and maybe even freedom -- as their tales unfold. But not until each has been braver than ever before and made choices that could change everything." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Zana FraillonPublisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Imprint: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Dimensions: Width: 14.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.70cm Weight: 0.386kg ISBN: 9781484781517ISBN 10: 1484781511 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 01 November 2016 Recommended Age: From 9 to 12 years Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsA special book. Morris Gleitzman, author of Once Outstanding... This is an important, heartbreaking book with frequent, unexpected humor that everyone...should read. --<b><i><em>The Guardian</em></b></i> Author InformationZana Fraillon was born in Melbourne Australia, but spent her early childhood in San Francisco. Zana has written two picture books for young children, a series for middle readers, and a fictitious book for older readers based on research and recounts of survivors of the Forgotten Generation. She now lives in Melbourne, with her three sons, husband and two dogs. When Zana isn't reading or writing, she likes to explore the museums and hidden passageways scattered across Melbourne. They provide the same excitement as that moment before opening a new book: preparing to step into the unknown where a whole world of possibilities awaits. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |