Storm Boy

by Colin Thiele

Rigby, 1976, ISBN 0727002279, colour and black and white photographs, colour photographic title page, hardcover with photographic boards

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, black pencil scribble to front flyleaves, marks to front endpapers, scribble to back endpapers, (see photographs)

“Storm Boy likes to wander alone along the fierce deserted coast among the dunes that face out into the Southern Ocean. After a pelican mother is shot, Storm Boy rescues the three chicks, and nurses them back to health. He names them Mr Proud, Mr Ponder and Mr Percival. After he releases them, his favourite, Mr Percival, returns. The story then concentrates on the conflict between his lifestyle and the externally imposed requirement for him to attend a school, and the fate of the pelican.”

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