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Blueback
  • Published: 22 December 2008
  • ISBN: 9780143304333
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 176
  • RRP: $17.99

Blueback

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Paperback
5 Oct 2022
Paperback
31 Aug 2009
Paperback
22 Dec 2008
EBook
14 Sept 2012
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An achingly beautiful story about family, belonging and living a life in tune with the environment, from one of Australia's best-loved authors, Tim Winton.

Abel Jackson has lived by the sea at Longboat Bay ever since he could remember. He helps his mother each day and loves to dive. One day he meets Blueback, the biggest and most beautiful fish he's ever seen.

When Abel's mother is approached by developers she decides she must do something to protect their fragile piece of coastline, But can Abel and his mother save Blueback and Longboat Bay in time?

An achingly beautiful story about family, belonging and living a life in tune with the environment, from one of Australia's best-loved authors.
  • Published: 22 December 2008
  • ISBN: 9780143304333
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 176
  • RRP: $17.99
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About the author

Tim Winton

Tim Winton was born in Perth, Australia in 1960. A four-time winner of the Miles Franklin Award and shortlisted twice for the Booker Prize, Winton is a bestselling author whose work has been adapted for the stage and screen and is widely translated.

portrait photo of Tim Winton

Also by Tim Winton

The Shepherd's Hut
Juice
Cloudstreet
The Boy Behind the Curtain
Breath
The Bugalugs Bum Thief: Aussie Bites
The Riders
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Awards & recognition

APA Book Design Awards

Shortlisted  •  2010  •  Best Designed Children's Fiction

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