Magpie Island (Rigby opal books)

by Colin Thiele

Hardcover, 1974

Status

Available

Call number

823.3

Tags

Australian, South Australia, Birds, Australian Literature

Genres

Collection

Your library

Publication

Rigby (1974)

Description

When Magpie follows a wedge-tailed eagle, he is seized by the wind and cast away on a gaunt windswept island alone among thousands of strange seabirds. A young boy brings him a mate, and the two magpies survive the harsh conditions until Mate is killed and Magpie is once again alone.

Subjects

Children's stories, Australian
Eyre Peninsula (S. Aust.) Juvenile fiction
Fortitude Juvenile fiction
Loneliness Juvenile fiction
Magpies Juvenile fiction

Awards

CBCA Book of the Year (Honour Book — 1975)

Language

English

Original publication date

1974

ISBN

085179789X / 9780851797892

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