Description
| Product ID: | 9781911679325 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Through My Eyes - Australian Disaster Zones |
| Title: | Tyenna: Through My Eyes - Australian Disaster Zones |
| Authors: | Author: Julie Hunt, Lyn White, Terry Whitebeach |
| Page Count: | 208 |
| Subjects: | Natural disasters, Natural disasters, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, General fiction (Children's / Teenage) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating An engaging and suspenseful novel about one girl's experience of the terrifying Tasmanian bushfires. They huddle low, nostrils burning from the smoke. A wave of despair flows over Tye. Nothing will survive this firestorm. The bush and everything she loves will be lost. It''s the summer holidays, and Tye is staying at her grandparents'' lodge at Chancy''s Point in Tasmania''s beautiful Central Highlands. But her plans for fun with best friend Lily and working on her pencil pine conservation project are thwarted as fire threatens the community and the bush she loves - and when Tye discovers Bailey, a runaway boy hiding out, she is torn between secretly helping him and her loyalty to her grandparents. As the fire comes closer and evacuation warnings abound, Tye is caught up in the battle of her life. Will she and Bailey survive? What will happen to her beloved pencil pines and the wildlife at risk? Can she and her close-knit community make a difference in a world threatened by climate change? This inspiring Australian Disaster Zones series is a powerful and contemporary reminder of the effects of natural disasters and the ever-increasing threat of climate change to our vast and volatile continent. |
| Imprint Name: | Murdoch Books |
| Publisher Name: | Murdoch Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-08-04 |