Waves : for those who came across the sea
Rawlins, Donna, 1956-2018
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Every journey is perilous, every situation heartbreaking. Every refugee is a person forced by famine or war or fear to leave their home, their families, their friends and all they know. Children have travelled on the waves of migration to the shores of Australia for tens of thousands of years. This book tells some of their stories.Waves is a book about the waves of migration to the shores of Australia.
Main title:
Waves : for those who came across the sea / Donna Rawlins ; Heather Potter ; Mark Jackson.
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Imprint:
Newtown, New South Wales : Black Dog Books, an imprint of Walker Books Australia Pty Ltd, 2018.©2018.
Collation:
33 pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
"If you are not an indigenous Australian, your family have, at some stage, come to Australia from across the waves. The characters in this book are fictitious, but the types of journeys they take in these stories were very real"--[page 32]Any two books from this series may be read as Challenge books and up to five more can be read as personal choice books. Go to the online booklists for the PRC ID of the individual books in this series.
Audience:
Lower primary
ISBN:
9781925381641 (hardback)
Language:
English
Subject:
Emigration and immigration -- FictionBoat people -- FictionPolitical refugees -- FictionRefugees -- FictionPremier's reading challenge -- grades 5to6Authors, AustralianAustralian Children's Book of the Year Awards Eve Pownall -- Short-List, 2019Australian Children's Book of the Year Awards -- Short-List, 2019Historical fiction
BRN:
357413
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge | RAWLIN | Available |
| St Clair | Junior Fiction - Premier's Reading Challenge | RAWLIN | Available |