The Magpie Way: Finding Alice - Softcover

Hawes, Robert Kingsley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 064521891X ISBN 13: 9780645218916

Verlag: Smile Time, 2022

Inhaltsangabe

Magpie Max begins life in Gum Tree Park, which the magpies call the Kingdom of Albert. Albert is the kingdom's ruthless grand master and Max is his youngest son.Max goes to Home School where he learns everything a magpie needs to know, but his family life is far from happy. Alice, his only sister, defies their father's authority and is banished from the kingdom. She sets out to find the mythical Great River, the place where Mother Nature's creatures gather to exchange wisdom and knowledge.Max spends an unhappy winter missing his sister, but come the spring, he too is banished. He decides to go looking for Alice but soon discovers that the world beyond the city is far different to how he imagined.The story follows Max's adventures as he journeys into Australia's harsher landscapes, following clues on the whereabouts of his sister. Finally, he finds her in circumstances that are contrary to their father's values, but she is content for she has found a purpose in life and no longer wishes to find the Great River.

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Robert Kingsley Hawes is a retired management accountant and former professional fisherman who now spends most of his time in a small coastal town on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula. He had always wanted to write feel-good stories, and when his wife passed away in 2013, it was still on is bucket list. His first book, "When Pop Took Us Fishing", was published in 2016. This was a family memoir, but since then, he has been writing feel-good books for young adult/adult readers.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Smile Time
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 064521891X
• ISBN 13: 9780645218916
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 164
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