Ash Road
Text Classics
$17.34
- Paperback
274 pages
- Release Date
25 September 2013
Summary
It’s hot, dry and sweaty on Ash Road, where Graham, Harry and Wallace are getting their first taste of independence, camping, just the three of them. When they accidentally light a bushfire no one would have guessed how far it would go. All along Ash Road fathers go off to fight the fires and mothers help in the first aid centres. The children of Prescott are left alone, presumed safe, until it’s the fire itself that reaches them. These children are forced to face a major cr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922147493 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1922147494 |
| Author: | Ivan Southall |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 274 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 25 September 2013 |
| Weight: | 210g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 198mm x 132mm |
| Series: | Text Classics |
| Audience Age: | 13-16 |
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Critics Review
‘The description of the fire and the atmosphere of the day are so vividly described…deservedly classic story.’
‘The description of the fire and the atmosphere of the day are so vividly described…deservedly classic story.’ – ReadPlus
‘Ivan Southall’s Ash Road was one of the first Australian books to immerse readers in the experience of being caught in a bushfire in all its sensory detail; its publication in 1965 affected readers and fellow authors alike.’ * AEU Magazine *
‘The novel is a chronicle of fire and panic, of intense and remarkable perception, and of almost inexhaustibly vivid descriptive language… unforgettable.’ * Wall Street Journal *
About The Author
Ivan Southall
Ivan Southall was the first Australian author to receive the Carnegie Medal, and was awarded the Australian Children’s Book Council Book of the Year on three occasions. An icon of Australian children’s literature, he wrote over sixty books in his lifetime and has been published in twenty-three different countries. He died in 2008.
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