The Marsh Birds
Published on 1. May 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-1-74114-600-4 (ISBN)
Description
Dhurgham Moghaddam is a twelve year old boy, the youngest child of a Baghdadi family who has disappeared. It is the story of his journey from Syria, to Indonesia and then, on a sinking boat with over two hundred other boys, to Australia. Arriving in Australia illegally, he becomes an untried criminal existing in limbo.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Sydney
Australia
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 130 mm
Weight
252 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-74114-600-4 (9781741146004)
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Eva Sallis was born in Bendigo. She has an MA in literature and a PhD in comparative literature from The University of Adelaide. She won The Australian/Vogel Literary Award in 1997 for her first novel, Hiam. Eva's second novel, The City of Sealions, was published in 2002, followed by the winner of the Steele Rudd Award, Mahjar in 2003 and Fire Fire in 2004.