West Indies, 1571. Shipwrecked on an island for most of her young life, Lily Christian is rescued by the dashing sea captain, Valentine Whitelaw. On the voyage back to England, Lily falls hard for the sun-bronzed man, but her love is not returned. Back among the glittering halls of court, Valentine
To the Wild Sky
โ Scribed by Southall, Ivan
- Book ID
- 107780338
- Publisher
- The Text Publishing Company
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 148 KB
- Series
- To the Wild Sky 1; To the Wild Sky
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781922147868
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โฆ Synopsis
Winner, Australian Children's Book of the Year, 1967
No one had talked about fuel; what was the use of talking, anyway? But they all knew that engines which run on fuel have to run out of fuel sometime, and that the Egret just couldn't keep on going for ever. They seemed to have been sitting in this plane, imprisoned, for days, waiting to die. Gerald just flew on and on as though he wanted to fly away to another world, almost as though he didn't want to go down, almost as though he didn't know how to go down.
When the Egret's pilot dies suddenly mid-flight six teenagers, the only passengers on board, face a terrifying situation. Gerald has had some flying lessons, but he has never flown alone, and he has never landed a plane. Lost and afraid, they fly on as the fuel gauge drops and night closes in. Will they find a clear landing place? Could they land in the sea? If they do somehow land safely how will they find their way back to...
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