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The Stars at Oktober Bend
Glenda Millard
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Description for The Stars at Oktober Bend
Paperback. A magnificent new novel from multi-award-winning author Glenda Millard. A story about the strength of the human spirit. Through her lyrical writing, Glenda reveals that people are always more than they seem. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: YFM. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 131 x 197 x 29. Weight in Grams: 310.
Alice is fifteen, with hair as red as fire and skin as pale as bone, but something inside her is broken. She has a brain injury, the result of an assault. Manny was once a child soldier. He is sixteen and has lost all his family. When Manny first sees Alice, she is sitting on the rusty roof of her river house, looking like a carving on an old-fashioned ship, sailing through the stars. He has a poem in his pocket and he knows the words by heart. And he is sure that girl has written them. When Manny and ... Read more
Alice is fifteen, with hair as red as fire and skin as pale as bone, but something inside her is broken. She has a brain injury, the result of an assault. Manny was once a child soldier. He is sixteen and has lost all his family. When Manny first sees Alice, she is sitting on the rusty roof of her river house, looking like a carving on an old-fashioned ship, sailing through the stars. He has a poem in his pocket and he knows the words by heart. And he is sure that girl has written them. When Manny and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Old Barn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910646151
SKU
V9781910646151
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-4
About Glenda Millard
Glenda Millard is a highly respected author who writes for children of all ages. Her novel A Small Free Kiss in the Dark was the Winner of the 2009 Queensland Premier's Award for young adults, Honour Book in the 2010 CBCA awards for older readers, shortlisted for the 2010 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, and included on the Honour List for ... Read more
Reviews for The Stars at Oktober Bend
An absolute tour de force! So beautifully written and with an unforgettable narrative voice , this is definitely one of the outstanding reads of the year so far.
Joy Court The Stars at Oktober Bend is so beautifully and carefully written it seems each word is pure gold... Out of terrible crimes evolves a story of forgiveness and ... Read more
Joy Court The Stars at Oktober Bend is so beautifully and carefully written it seems each word is pure gold... Out of terrible crimes evolves a story of forgiveness and ... Read more