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Blood / Tony Birch ; introduction by Larissa Behrendt.

Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, Blood is a boy's odyssey set on the back roads of Australia.Jesse has sworn to protect his sister, Rachel, no matter what. It's a promise that cannot be broken. A promise made in blood. But, when it comes down to life or death, how can he find the courage to keep it?Set on the back roads of Australia, Blood is a boy's odyssey through a broken-down adult world.

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Barcode Shelf Location Collection Volume Ref. Branch Status Due Date Res.
C9010051728 F BIR
Adult fiction   Manunda Branch . . On Loan . 27 May 2024
C9010051778 F BIR
Adult fiction   Smithfield Branch . . Available .  
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ISBN 9780702265983 (paperback)
Author Birch, Tony, 1957- author.
Title Blood / Tony Birch ; introduction by Larissa Behrendt.
Published St Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2023.
Physical description x, 285 pages ; 20 cm.
Series First Nations Classics
First Nations Classics
General note First published in 2011 by University of Queensland Press" --Title page verso.
Summary Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, Blood is a boy's odyssey set on the back roads of Australia.Jesse has sworn to protect his sister, Rachel, no matter what. It's a promise that cannot be broken. A promise made in blood. But, when it comes down to life or death, how can he find the courage to keep it?Set on the back roads of Australia, Blood is a boy's odyssey through a broken-down adult world.
Subject Australian fiction -- Aboriginal Australian authors
Dysfunctional families -- Australia -- Fiction
Siblings -- Australia -- Fiction
Australian fiction
Domestic fiction
Australia -- Fiction
Additional author Behrendt, Larissa writer of introduction.
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