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Bezig met laden... Sparrowdoor Scot Gardner
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Awesome book set in the far north near Darwin. Sparrow is in remand/youth detention and on an excursion to help out a remote aboriginal community when the boat he is on with other prisoners sinks. Unfortunately, Sparrow is also mute and so when the rescuers come looking for him, he can't yell to get their attention and the mangroves are too thick. This soon becomes a survival story with flashbacks to Sparrows wayward past and how he got into this situation. Scot Gardner at his best, an excellent book for fans of Hatchet. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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One, two, three, breath. When a juvenile detention exercise off the coast of the Kimberley goes wrong, sixteen-year-old Sparrow must swim to shore. There are sharks and crocs around him but the monsters he fears most live in the dark spaces in his mind. He's swimming away from his prison life and towards a desolate, rocky coastland and the hollow promise of freedom. He'll eat or be eaten, kill or be killed. With no voice, no family and the odds stacked against him, Sparrow has nothing left to lose. But to survive he'll need something more potent than desperation, something more dangerous than a makeshift knife. Hope. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.914Literature English English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999WaarderingGemiddelde:
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Well that was gritty and gripping!
I was thrilled to discover this tense survival story with a male protagonist as they are currently under represented in YA fiction. It followed two different timelines as we follow Sparrow surviving after a boating accident, and surviving as a homeless child before the accident. I love that Sparrow found kind people who watched out for him and offered him the support he needed. It's wonderful to have such an engaging book to add to my booktalks.
I normally hide content warnings but this one is not a plot spoiler and think needs to be mentioned. There are a couple of quite stomach churning animal deaths in this survival novel so proceed with caution. ( )