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''It's one of them days when everything is off. A hot sweaty night in Rusty Bus means we kids is all grouchy-tired. Me and my best friend, Jaguar, is trying to cool down by taking turns at dipping in the sea pool. Him standing on the sea wall made from car frames and rocks on lookout for crocs, me swimming, then we'll swap places. We's always doing things as a team, him and me. We's gonna be the best fisher people and the best salvagers on the whole of the inland sea one day.'
'Neoma and Jag and their small community are 'living gentle lives' on high ground surrounded by the risen sea that has caused widespread devastation. When strangers from the Valley of the Sun arrive unannounced, the friends find themselves drawn into a web of secrecy and lies that endangers the way of life of their entire community. Soon daring, loyal Neoma must set off on a solo mission across the risen sea, determined to rescue her best friend and find the truth that will save her village.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Works about this Work
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Across the Risen Sea : An Interview with Bren MacDibble
2021
single work
interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 36 no. 4 2021; (p. 16-18) 'It is a treat to speak to Bren MacDibble. I have been a great admirer of her books for children and young adults from How to Bee and In the Dark Spaces (written as Cally Black) onwards.' (Introduction)
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Across the Risen Sea : An Interview with Bren MacDibble
2021
single work
interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 36 no. 4 2021; (p. 16-18) 'It is a treat to speak to Bren MacDibble. I have been a great admirer of her books for children and young adults from How to Bee and In the Dark Spaces (written as Cally Black) onwards.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 2021 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards — Eight to 10 Years
- 2021 finalist New Zealand Book Awards New Zealand Post Book Awards Ockham New Zealand Book Awards — Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Junior Fiction Award
- 2021 finalist Sir Julius Vogel Awards — Best Youth Novel
- 2021 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Books
- 2021 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Younger Readers