Ironbark

By Barry Jonsberg


Ironbark
Online price: £6.99
Paperback, 228 pages
Published: 1st August 2009

Category: Fiction 13+
Interest age, years: From 14 To 17

'I'm miserable and sixteen. In that order.'



Sixteen can be a tough time. And it's almost unmanageable for a wisecracking boy whose temper is white-hot. As a consequence he is sentenced to a time-out with his reclusive grandfather in a primitive shack in the Tasmanian forest. There is little to do except chop wood and watch the red-eyed wallabies gather at dusk.



They are an unlikely couple: a taciturn old man who prefers the simple life, and a volatile boy addicted to the technology of the 21st century - and yet a bond blossoms between them. But denied access to much he desires, and feeling provoked by a local cop cynical of city folk, the boy's frustration grows. And when he encounters situations he can't control anything could happen...



Publication Details:

Binding: Paperback, 228 pages
ISBN: 9781741149555
Format: 195mm x 130mm

BIC Code: YFB
BISAC Code:  JUV000000
Imprint: Allen & Unwin


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