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Quest
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Quest

In the spring of 1891, Sam Silverthorne is thirteen years old. Left behind in the care of his heartless Aunt Bertha as his father, Sir Arthur Silverthorne (Exotic Specimens Collector for the Natural History Museum and Ornithologist to Her Majesty Queen Victoria), sets out an expedition to find the infamous silver bird of paradise. But when Sir Arthur fails to return, Sam embarks on a journey to the Malay Archipelago to find him. On the way Sam finds his courage tested to the extreme by the people he meets, from wily oriental salesmen to blood-thirsty cannibals. Drawn deeper into a dangerous and unpredictable quest, Sam’s determination to find his father will see him risk his life to find the answer he seeks.

Type Of BookAustralian Novel
FormatPaperback
ISBN9780733617805
Published7/10/2005
Price Per CopyRRP $16.99
1–9 copies$15.29
10–19 copies$14.44
20+ copies$13.59
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Gary Crew

Gary Crew has been awarded the Children’s Book Council of Australia, Book of the Year Award four times; twice for Older Readers (Strange Objects in 1991 and Angel’s Gate in 1993), and twice for Picture Books (First Light in 1993 and The Water Tower in 1996). He has also been short-listed twice for the Edgar Allan Poe Mystery Fiction Award for Youth in the USA, and has been awarded the American Children’s Book of Distinction. Gary is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, Children’s and Adult Literature at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.

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