Saltwater Boy
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Saltwater Boy
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Narrated by:
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Sam Winspear-Schillings
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When Matthew’s dad gets in trouble, he makes trouble for everyone else too. But with Dad in jail, Matthew and his mum have a chance to put their pieces back together.
Mum makes plans for a summer down the coast, fixing up Grandpa’s old place in an effort to make ends meet. The beach, the swirling rockpools and the vast ocean offer new perspective and promise and Matthew as he strikes up a friendship with Bill, an old local who recognises a fellow ‘Saltwater Boy’ – and shows him how to find pippis and catch fish, and even make a few dollars from it. Bill becomes the paternal figure that Dad isn’t – wise and patient – but Bill isn’t welcomed in town, and Matthew begins to witness old rivalries, and buried truths, resurface.
Then Dad gets out on parole, threatening the new life Matthew and Mum have built for themselves, forcing a confrontation with the past … and the truth.
©2023 Bradley Christmas. Published by Walker Books Australia Pty Ltd. (P)2024 Bolinda Publishing