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The Apostle Bird Kindle Edition

by Garry Disher (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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‘a masterful achievement’ Magpies

We have come here to scratch for gold.
Once we had a house, a business and a Packard sedan,
but they are gone now, seized by the bank.

The year is 1934, the time of the Great Depression. The place is a settlement of miners' dugouts far from the nearest town. Fifteen-year-old Neil and his parents have come from Adelaide, hoping to strike it lucky, but the gold is elusive. Then the American Ivan and his daughter Kitty arrive, mysterious and aloof. Soon rumours spread: Ivan killed a man; Kitty helped him rob banks. Neil is drawn to them despite the rumours. But Kitty saw him shoot the apostle bird. How can he convince her that it was an accident?

Tensions come to a head when a digger is found dead, his gold missing, and angry miners form a mob to hunt the Americans down. Neil knows the nearby creeks and scrubland, and he can lead Ivan and Kitty to safety – if they let him.

The Apostle Bird is an evocatively written and compelling study of prejudice, honour and courage from Garry Disher, bestselling author of The Divine Wind and The Bamboo Flute.

Reading age

12 - 16 years
Print length

122 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Hachette Australia
Publication date

1 October 2012
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'a masterful achievement' - MAGPIES MAGAZINE

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00AFZUF82
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hachette Australia (1 October 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 679 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 122 pages

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Garry Disher
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Garry Disher lives in Australia and is the author of over 40 books: novels, short story collections, writers' handbooks, history textbooks and children's fiction. His Challis and Destry police procedurals, and his Wyatt crime from the inside thrillers, are gaining international recognition, winning best crime novel of the year awards in Australia and Germany and appearing on best books of the year lists in the USA. Garry has toured Germany twice and the States once, and counts a scholarship year spent in the Stanford University creative writing school, early in his career, as one of his most important formative experiences.
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K F Brown

Australian colonial historic fiction

Reviewed in Australia on 17 May 2019

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I did not realise when I selected the book that it was for young adults but Disher is a great writer and is capable of writing for both young and older adults. I really enjoyed the book

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terrie smith

Should have been longer.

Reviewed in Australia on 25 October 2019

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I wanted more!

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