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'Engaging and authentic historical fiction about one boy from the Torres Strait trying to work his way up in the pearl-shell industry.
'Sario lives with his family on a remote Torres Strait island, which he never wants to leave - but the winds of change are stirring. The year is 1898 and the pearl-shell trade is at its height. When his father is coerced to join a white trader on his pearling lugger, thirteen-year-old Sario must go to work as a swimming diver to support the family. He can earn more as a pump diver, and is excited by the idea of walking on the sea floor, but the competition is fierce, and the only captain who will take him on runs the worst outfit in the fleet. With the constant danger of shark attack and the storm of the century approaching, can Sario provide for his family and realise his dream?' (Publication summary)
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Other Formats
- Large print.
- Dyslexic edition.
Works about this Work
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Review : The Pearl-Shell Diver : A Story of Adventure from the Torres Strait
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , May 2016;
— Review of The Pearl-Shell Diver : A Story of Adventure from the Torres Strait 2016 single work children's fiction -
The Pearl-shell Diver by Kay Crabbe
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , April 2016;
— Review of The Pearl-Shell Diver : A Story of Adventure from the Torres Strait 2016 single work children's fiction
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The Pearl-shell Diver by Kay Crabbe
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , April 2016;
— Review of The Pearl-Shell Diver : A Story of Adventure from the Torres Strait 2016 single work children's fiction -
Review : The Pearl-Shell Diver : A Story of Adventure from the Torres Strait
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , May 2016;
— Review of The Pearl-Shell Diver : A Story of Adventure from the Torres Strait 2016 single work children's fiction
Awards
- Torres Strait Islands, Queensland,
- 1898