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The pearl-shell diver : a story of adventure from the Torres Strait / Kay Crabbe.

The pearl-shell diver : a story of adventure from the Torres Strait / Kay Crabbe.
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ISBN 9781760290474 (paperback)
1760290475 (paperback)
Name Crabbe, Kay author.
Title The pearl-shell diver : a story of adventure from the Torres Strait / Kay Crabbe.
Published Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2016.
©2016.
Description 196 pages : map ; 20 cm
Summary Sario lives with his family on a remote Torres Strait island, which he never wants to leave - but the winds of change are stirring. The year is 1899 and the pearl-shell trade is at its height. When his father is coerced to join a white trader on his pearling lugger, thirteen-year-old Sario must go to work as a swimming diver to support the family. He can earn more as a pump diver, and is excited by the idea of walking on the sea floor, but the competition is fierce, and the only captain who will take him on runs the worst outfit in the fleet. With the constant danger of shark attack and the storm of the century approaching, can Sario provide for his family and realise his dream?
Reading Program Note Premier's Reading Challenge 5-6.
Subjects Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction
Pearl divers -- Juvenile fiction
Children's stories
Premier's Reading Challenge 5-6
Torres Strait Islands (Qld.) -- Juvenile fiction
Genre Action and adventure fiction
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