**'A superbly told tale of folklore-infused fantasy, full of rising dread, set in a sharply observed Australian outback town.' Garth Nix** *S**trange what chooses to flourish here. Which plants. Which stories.* Bettina Scott lives a tidy, quiet life in Runagate, tending to her delicate mothe
Flyaway
β Scribed by Christopher, Lucy
- Book ID
- 107666879
- Publisher
- Scholastic Australia
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 547 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
While visiting her father in hospital, thirteen-year-old Isla meets Harry, the first boy to understand her and her love of the outdoors. But Harry is ill, and as his health fails, Isla is determined to help him in the only way she knows how. Together they watch a lone swan struggling to fly on the lake outside Harry's window. Isla believes that if she can help the damaged swan, somehow she can help Harry. And in doing so, she embarks upon a breathtakingly magical journey of her own.
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