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Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 Piya
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After a terrifying cyclone and tidal wave, Piya, a young Aboriginal girl, is washed ashore on a tiny island off the North Queensland coast. She is found and cared for by Len Scott, a lone writer who has made the island his home. But Len can't prevent Piya from being rounded up with other Aborigines scattered by the storm and taken to a harsh government reserve. Filled with a fierce independence and pride, Piya is determined to be free.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hodder and Stoughton , 1991 .
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      Extent: 166p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 0340535784 (corrected)
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hodder and Stoughton , 1993 .
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      Extent: 166p.
      Edition info: Starlight ed.
      Description: maps
      ISBN: 0340599294 (pbk.)

Other Formats

  • Braille.
  • Sound recording.

Works about this Work

The Portrayal of Aboriginal Life in Australian Children's Books 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Children's Literature : Finding a Voice 1993; (p. 55-68)
Environmentally Friendly Australian Children's Fiction : The 1991 Crop John Foster , 1992 single work column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 7 no. 3 1992; (p. 20-21)
Untitled Jo Goodman , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 6 no. 3 1991; (p. 32)

— Review of Piya James Porter , 1991 single work children's fiction
Untitled Margot Nelmes , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 35 no. 2 1991; (p. 30)

— Review of Piya James Porter , 1991 single work children's fiction
Untitled Margot Nelmes , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , vol. 35 no. 2 1991; (p. 30)

— Review of Piya James Porter , 1991 single work children's fiction
Untitled Jo Goodman , 1991 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 6 no. 3 1991; (p. 32)

— Review of Piya James Porter , 1991 single work children's fiction
Environmentally Friendly Australian Children's Fiction : The 1991 Crop John Foster , 1992 single work column
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 7 no. 3 1992; (p. 20-21)
The Portrayal of Aboriginal Life in Australian Children's Books 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Children's Literature : Finding a Voice 1993; (p. 55-68)
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