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    Sparrow
    Sparrow
    Sparrow
    Audiobook5 hours

    Sparrow

    Written by Scot Gardner

    Narrated by Scot Gardner

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    About this audiobook

    One, two, three, breath.
    When a juvenile detention exercise off the coast of the Kimberley goes wrong, sixteen-year-old Sparrow must swim to shore. There are sharks and crocs around him but the monsters he fears most live in the dark spaces in his mind.
    He's swimming away from his prison life and towards a desolate, rocky coastland and the hollow promise of freedom. He'll eat or be eaten, kill or be killed.
    With no voice, no family and the odds stacked against him, Sparrow has nothing left to lose. But to survive he'll need something more potent than desperation, something more dangerous than a makeshift knife. Hope.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthor's Republic
    Release dateJan 31, 2019
    ISBN9780992495824
    Sparrow
    Author

    Scot Gardner

    Scot Gardner has worked as a truck driver, professional musician, masseur, waiter, counselor, and author. He lives in Melbourne, Australia, with his wife and three children. Visit his website at www.scotgardner.com.

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    • 5/5
      So lovely to experience an authentic Australian coming of age story - a story of survival - that encapsulates the unfair experiences of youth in remote areas and their hopes for the future. I loved the themes of connection with community and connection with the land, and how they compete with each other in a modern context.