Black Water

Farren Fox has lost his mother. His brother, Danny, is over fighting at Gallipoli and his dad, a fisherman, spends his life out at sea on a couta boat named for Farren’s mother, the Camille. His mate, Robbie, has lost his father at Gallipoli, and Farren worries about Danny. At fifteen, Farren is too young to go to war himself, though he is in the cadets and has left school and works in the local pub. Then tragedy strikes – his father is caught at sea in a huge storm. He drowns, leaving Farren alone until Danny returns injured and traumatised from Gallipoli. He slowly begins to improve, and the two boys begin to rebuild their lives, helped by a remarkable little girl, Souki, a part Aboriginal girl who Danny rescues from a shipwreck.
Beautifully written and brilliantly told, Black Water is the epic story of two boys’ struggle to make their way in a difficult world. Age 14 +