| Record Number |
22203 |
| ISBN |
9780143304333 (paperback) |
| Location |
CHC F WIN |
| Author |
Winton, Tim, 1960-, (author). |
| Title |
Blueback / Tim Winton. |
| Varying title |
Blue back |
| Published |
Camberwell, Vic. : Puffin Books, 2016. |
| Collation |
150 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
| Content types |
still image |
| text |
| Carrier type |
volume |
| General Note |
First published by Pan Macmillan, 1997. |
| "In 2021, Blueback was adapted into an Australian feature film written and directed by Robert Connolly, was released in Australia on 1 January 2023. It stars Mia Wasikowska, Radha Mitchell, Erik Thomson, Eddie Baroo and Eric Bana. -- Wikipedia. |
| For Teachers' Notes, see link at the foot of the record. |
| Summary Note |
"Abel Jackson has lived by the sea at Longboat Bay ever since he could remember. He helps his mother each day and loves to dive. One day he meets Blueback, the biggest and most beautiful fish he's ever seen. When Abel's mother is approached by developers she decides she must do something to protect their fragile piece of coastline. But can Abel and his mother save Blueback and Longboat Bay in time?" - Back cover. |
| Target Audience |
For children eight and up. -- PETAA. |
| Reading Program |
NSW Premier's Reading Challenge Years 7-9, 2024. |
| Awards Note |
Winner - 1998 Wilderness Society Environment Award. |
| Winner - 1999 WAYRBA Hoffman Award for Young Readers. |
| Subject |
Fishes -- Juvenile fiction |
| Diving -- Juvenile fiction |
| Human-animal relationships -- Juvenile fiction |
| Young adult fiction |
| Marine ecology -- Children's fiction |
| Mothers and sons -- Children's fiction |
| Fishes -- Children's fiction |
| Fishes |
| Marine ecology |
| Mothers and sons |
| Internet Site |
https://cdn2.penguin.com.au/content/resources/Blueback.pdf |
