THE APOSTLE BIRD

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus. ISBN 0-7336-1589-9* Date of Publication: 2002 (1997)* Publisher: Hodder Headline* Binding and cover condition: Soft illustrative card covers showing atmospheric modified photograph in shades of blue. Some fairly heavy reading wear. Creasing and ruffling to covers & corners. No creases to spine, light crease to hinge. GOOD* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Neat owners name obliterated from title page. Contents tight but obviously used. No annotations. Very light colouration to page margins and edges. GOOD* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 122 pp. text. Colour advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- The year is 1934, the time of the Great Depression. The place is a settlement of miners' dugouts far from the nearest town. Fifteen-year-old Neil and his parents have come from Adelaide, hoping to strike it lucky, but the gold is elusive. Then the American Ivan and his daughter Kittyy arrive. They are mysterious, aloof. Soon the rumours spread: Ivan killed a man; Kitty helped him rob banks. Neil is drawn to them despite the rumours. But Kitty saw him shoot the Apostle bird. How can he convince her that it was an accident? Tensions come to a head when a digger is found dead, his gold missing. Angry miners form a mob to hunt the Americans down. Neil knows the nearby creeks and scrubland. He can lead Ivan and Kitty to safety ? if they let him. The Apostle Bird is an evocatively written and compelling study of prejudice, honour and courage.* This is a GOOD copy with some reading and shelf wear.*