The River And The Book

Author: Alison Croggon

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  • : 18.99 AUD
  • : 9781925081725
  • : Walker Books Australia Pty, Limited
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  • : November 2014
  • : 198mm X 129mm
  • : Australia
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  • : October 2015
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Barcode 9781925081725
9781925081725

Description

In our village we had two treasures: the River, which was our road and our god; and the Book, which was our history, our oracle and our soul. Simbala is a Keeper of the Book, the latest in a long line of women who can read the Book to find answers to the villagers' questions. As developers begin to poison the river on which the villagers rely, the Book predicts change. But this does not come in the form that they expect; it is the sympathetic Westerner who comes to the village who inflicts the greatest damage of all.