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Author French, Jackie, author

Title Pirate Boy of Sydney Town / Jackie French
Edition 1st edition
Published Sydney, N.S.W. : Angus & Robertson, 2019

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Description 297 pages ; 20 cm
Summary Twelve-year-old Ben Huntsmore is the son of a ship-owner, an only child who loves the farming life on his mother's family estate, Badger's Hill. But when Ben's father loses their ancestral home in 1809 to pay a gambling debt, Ben reluctantly joins his father in a desperate venture to win back their home, capturing enemy trading ships off the west Australian coast. While at sea, Ben must face not just the giant waves of the Southern Ocean but also Dutch guns, as well as unexpected treachery as he realises that his almost-unknown father will sacrifice even his son to make his fortune. Only the unexpected friendships of the mysterious convict Higgins and young Indigenous sailor Guwara will help Ben survive, as well as show him the true meaning of loyalty and riches
Notes "When danger looms, who do you trust?" -- Cover
Audience 10+ years old
Notes Recipient of the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) award for "Notable Australian Children's Books (Younger readers) for 2020
Subject Australian fiction
Children's stories
Shipowners -- Juvenile fiction
Youth, Aborginal Australian -- Juvenile fiction
Gambling -- Juvenile fiction
Only child -- Juvenile fiction
Young adult fiction, Australian
Families -- Juvenile fiction
Seafaring life -- Juvenile fiction
Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction
Loyalty -- Juvenile fiction
Pirates -- Juvenile fiction
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
Father and child -- Juvenile fiction
Genre/Form Children's stories, Australian
Action and adventure fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Juvenile works.
Sea fiction.
Australian fiction.
Children's stories
Action and adventure fiction.
Historical fiction.
Australian fiction
ISBN 9781460754795
1460754794