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Catching Teller Crow

Ambelin Kwaymullina author Ezekiel Kwaymullina author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK

Published:2nd May '19

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** The book the Guardian has called a: 'taut, intricate thriller [...] deeply poignant and original'

*Winner of the Victorian Premier YA Prize for Literature, and
Best Young Adult Novel at the Aurealis Awards - two of Australia's most prestigious writing awards*

An extraordinary thriller
, told from the perspective of two Aboriginal protagonists, which weaves together themes of grief, colonial history, violence, love and family.

Nothing's been the same for Beth Teller since she died.

Her dad, a detective, is the only one who can see and hear her, and he's drowning in grief. Only a suspected murder, and a mystery to solve, might save them both.

And they have a potential witness: Isobel Catching. Aboriginal by birth, like Beth, she seems lost and isolated in the world.

But as the two get closer, Isobel's strange tale of glass-eyed monsters and stolen colours will intertwine with Beth's investigation - and reveal something dark and terrible at the heart of this Australian town . . .

Combining taut, intricate thriller with ancient Indigenous tales and the darker side of Australian history, this is a deeply poignant and original novel * Guardian *
An #ownvoices story that empowers its female heroines, giving them pride in their lineage and power in remembering * Kirkus *
An up-to-the-minute tale that goes straight to the heart of Australia's darkest history * Margo Lanagan *
A magnificent and life-giving novel * Justine Larbalestier *
Touching and original [...] a richly informed new novel by a deadly duo * Ellen van Neerven *

ISBN: 9780241380079

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 13mm

Weight: 150g

208 pages