The Silver Donkey
$21.90
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2007
Summary
One bright spring morning in the woods of France, a soldier, blinded by the war, is found by a little girl named Coco, and her older sister Marcelle. In return for their kindness, the soldier tells the sisters marvellous tales, each story connected to the keepsake he carries in his pocket: a perfect, tiny silver donkey.
As the days pass and they struggle in secret to help the soldier reach home, Coco and Marcelle learn the truth behind the silver donkey, and what the precious object m…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143301578 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0143301578 |
| Author: | Sonya Hartnett |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Puffin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2007 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 130mm x 197mm |
| Audience Age: | 9-12 |
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Sonya Hartnett
Sonya Hartnett’s work has won numerous Australian and international literary prizes and has been published around the world. Uniquely, she is acclaimed for her stories for adults, young adults, and children.
Her accolades include:
- Commonwealth Writers’ Prize (for Of A Boy)
- The Age Book of the Year (for Of A Boy)
- Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize (for Thursday’s Child)
- Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year for Older Readers (for Forest, The Silver Donkey, The Ghost’s Child, The Midnight Zoo, and The Children of the King)
- Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year for Younger Readers (for Forest, The Silver Donkey, The Ghost’s Child, The Midnight Zoo, and The Children of the King)
- Victorian Premier’s Literary Award (for Surrender)
- Three shortlistings for the Miles Franklin Award (for Of a Boy, Butterfly, and Golden Boys)
- CILIP Carnegie Medal (for The Midnight Zoo)
Hartnett is also the first Australian recipient of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (2008).
Sonya published her fourth picture book, Blue Flower, illustrated by Gabriel Evans, in 2021, and it was shortlisted for the CBCA Picture Book of the Year Award.
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