Piya / James Porter
- Bib ID:
- 1327771
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Porter, James, 1929-
- Edition:
- Starlight ed.
- Description:
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- Sydney : Hodder & Stoughton, 1993
- 166 p. : maps ; 19 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0340599294 (paperback)
- Series:
- Starlight.
- Summary:
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After a terrifying cyclone and tidal wave, Piya, a young Aboriginal girl, is washed ashore on a tiny island off the North Queensland coast. She is found and cared for by Len Scott, a lone writer who has made the island his home. But Len can't prevent Piya from being rounded up with other Aborigines scattered by the storm and taken to a harsh government reserve. Filled with a fierce independence and pride, Piya is determined to be free.
- Notes:
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- For children.
- Previously published in cased ed.: Sydney, Hodder & Stoughton, 1991.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1991
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