Song of a Thousand Seas
By Zana Fraillon
Harry Hartog's review
This is one of the most moving and deceptively simple novels I’ve read years. Enthralling from the first, this is a book everyone should read in their lifetime. Houdini’s voice is haunting, playful and instant best-friend material. This, like The Little Prince, is why everyone needs to read “children’s” books. I am obsessed. - Maddi, Harry Hartog Maroochydore
Description
A lyrical verse novel of homecoming and friendship by Zana Fraillon, the multi-award-winning author of The Bone Sparrow and The Way of Dog.
All day long we can hear
that Sea howl prowling wild
inside our brains and every part of us is straining
to feel it taste it twirl it whirl it swirl it
inside our body
again.
Houdini the octopus lives in an aquarium, but she misses her home in the wild Sea. She doesn't like the visitors who bang on her tank. Or the way she can't feel the sun on her skin or the wind rippling the water. It's a dull existence for a creature with nine brains.
Then one day she meets someone who is different to the other visitors. Juno's busy brain buzzes with so many questions and thoughts that Houdini's skin tingles with wonder.
But the singing of the Sea is growing stronger and harder to resist. Can Houdini make Juno understand what she needs before it's too late?
- ISBN:
- 9780702266317
- Format:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 96
- Published:
- Publisher:
- University of Queensland Press
- Imprint:
- University of Queensland Press
- Weight:
- 96 g