| ISBN |
9781760662523 (paperback) |
| Name |
Fenton, Peter Valentine author. |
| Title |
The days of in between / Peter Valentine Fenton. |
| Published |
Gosford, NSW : Omnibus Books an imprint of Scholastic Australia Pty Ltd, 2019. |
| ©2019 |
| Description |
196 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Summary |
The shark was pale, shiny grey and quite magnificent. Hypnotised by the creature's eyes, like large back discs, he was hardly aware of other people gathering tightly around him. In 1978, 12 year old Toby heads to the coast on a longed-for summer holiday. Almost invisible to his newly-wed father and step-mum, Toby is left on his own, until he meets Tara, the daughter of the local shark fisherman, who is dealing with family issues of her own. A terrifying incident on the old wharf begins a dramatic chain of events within the small coastal town - revealing secrets and creating ripples through both Toby's and Tara's families. A lyrical novel of friendship, the joys of childhood, the trials of growing up... and the days of in between. |
| Target audience note |
12-15 years old. |
| Reading Program Note |
Premier's Reading Challenge 5-6. |
| Awards note |
Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Notable Books, Younger Readers 2020. |
| Subjects |
Children's stories |
| Family vacations -- Juvenile fiction |
| Children of divorced parents -- Juvenile fiction |
| Shark fishing -- Juvenile fiction |
| Missing children -- Juvenile fiction |
| Nineteen seventies -- Juvenile fiction |
| Australian fiction |
| Friendship -- Juvenile fiction |
| Genre |
Premier's Reading Challenge 5-6 |
| Bildungsromans |
| Young adult fiction |
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