A Bridge to Wiseman’s Cove

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Publisher's synopsis

Carl Matt hasn’t got much. There’s just his younger brother Harley and the old red barge to Wiseman’s Cove. And nothing’s going to take those away from him. He’s an awkward, lumpy fifteen-year-old. Not the hero type. Yet Carl has become one of the most memorable characters in Australian literature.

Awards

Winner, 1997 CBCA Book of the Year Awards – Book of the Year: Older Readers
Winner, 1997 Children’s Peace Literature Award
Winner, 1997 Australian Family Therapists’ Award for Children’s Literature – Older Readers
Highly Commended, 1997 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards – Prize for Young Adult Fiction

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James Moloney is one of Australia’s best-known writers for children and young adults (A Bridge to Wiseman’s Cove, Dougy, Kill the Possum). He grew up in Brisbane, coming of age in the 1970s during the period when the Country Party (later the National Party) government of Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen dominated Queensland politics. It was a time of unrest and frustration for young people who could see the dawning of social and political freedom elsewhere. This experience inspired the writing of The Tower Mill, his first novel for adult readers.

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This is a moving story about an unlikely hero who readers will care about and remember.

Bookphile

Further Details

Author James Moloney

Publisher UQP

Date of Publication 2007

ISBN 9780702236280

Category Young Adult

SCIS number

5471831