| ISBN |
9781761180224 (paperback) |
| Name |
Lim, Rebecca, 1972- author. |
| Title |
Two sparrowhawks in a lonely sky / Rebecca Lim. |
| Published |
Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2023. |
| ©2023 |
| Description |
304 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Summary |
What if you were forced to set sail for a country that didn't want you, to meet a father you couldn't remember? Thirteen-year-old Fu, his younger sister, Pei, and their mother live in a small rural community in Southern China that is already enduring famine conditions when it is collectivised as part of Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward campaign that ultimately led to economic disaster, widespread famine and millions of deaths. After tragedy strikes, and threatened with separation, Fu and Pei set out on a perilous journey across countries and oceans to find their father, who left for Australia almost a decade earlier. With nothing to guide them but a photograph and some letters in a language they cannot read, they must draw on all their courage and tenacity just to survive - and perhaps forge a better life for themselves. An unforgettable story of family, resilience and the complex Asian-Australian experience from the esteemed author of Tiger Daughter, winner of the CBCA Book of the year for Older Readers. |
| Target audience note |
Ages 11-14. |
| Subjects |
Siblings -- Juvenile fiction |
| Family reunions -- Juvenile fiction |
| Ocean travel -- Juvenile fiction |
| Resilience (Personality trait) -- Juvenile fiction |
| Chinese -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction |
| Children's stories |
| Australian fiction |
| China -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction |
| Genre |
Action and adventure fiction |
| Historical fiction |
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