Blueback

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Author
Tim Winton
Publisher
Penguin
Genre
Children’s Fiction
Released
25 June, 2014
ISBN
9780670078004

Blueback

Tim Winton

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Synopsis

The final volume in the iconic Penguin Australian Children's Classics series, Blueback is a deceptively simple allegory about a boy who matures through fortitude, and finds wisdom by living in harmony with all forms of life. A beautiful distillation of Winton's art and concerns.
Tim Winton
About the author

Tim Winton

Tim Winton has published twenty-nine books for adults and children, and his work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. Since his first novel, An Open Swimmer, won the Australian Vogel Award in 1981, he has won the Miles Franklin Award four times (for Shallows, Cloudstreet, Dirt Music and Breath) and twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize (for The Riders and Dirt Music). He lives in Western Australia.

Books by Tim Winton

Cloudstreet
Tim Winton

Cloudstreet

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The Riders
Tim Winton

The Riders

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    Dirt Music
    Tim Winton

    Dirt Music

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    Breath
    Tim Winton

    Breath

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    Eyrie
    Tim Winton

    Eyrie

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      The Turning
      Tim Winton

      The Turning

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      Shallows
      Tim Winton

      Shallows

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        Island Home
        Tim Winton

        Island Home

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        The Deep
        Tim Winton

        The Deep

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        Blueback
        Tim Winton

        Blueback

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