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Description edit
One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this is the story an adolescent girl and her eight-year-old brother, sole survivors of an air crash in the Australian desert. They meet an Aborigine boy who cannot speak any English but shows them how to stay alive.
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Characters/People edit
- Bush Boy: !4 year old Aborigine out on a walkabout.
- Mary: Add a description of this character.
- Peter
- Uncle Keith: Mary's and Peter's uncle
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“(The bush boy) looked at the children critically, but there was in his appraisal no suggestion of scorn. It was his peoples' way to accept individuals as they were: to help, not to criticize, the sick, the blind and the maimed.”
First Sentence edit
It was silent and dark, and the children were afraid.
Glossary edit
- Arkooloola: water
- Yeemara: food
- Kurura: follow me
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Series & Lists edit
This is book 533 of 986 in 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Mortadelo Y Filemon, and followed by El niño, la golondrina y el gato.
Authors & Contributors edit
- James Vance Marshall (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
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Publication Date: 1959
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Page Count: 158
Publisher: Add the publisher.
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Publication Date: 1959
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Page Count: 158
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- Dewey: 813
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