Awards

• Long-listed for The UKLA Book Awards 2024 (UK)
• Nominated for The Yoto Carnegie Medal 2024 (UK)
• Short-listed for Alexandra Palace Children's Book Award 2024 (UK)
• Short-listed for Lancashire Book of the Year Award 2024 (UK)
• Short-listed for The British Book Awards 2024 (UK)

Overview

From Zillah Bethell, winner of the Wales Book of the Year and the Edward Stanford Children's Travel Book of the Year 2022 comes an extraordinary new story of friendship, discovery and courage set in the Australian Outback. SHORTLISTED FOR THE YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE UKLA BOOK AWARD 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE YOUNG QUILLS AWARD 2024 The Song Walker is an extraordinary new story of friendship, discovery and courage from Zillah Bethell, author of The Shark Caller which won the Wales Book of the Year and the Edward Stanford Children's Travel Book of the Year 2022. ""There are three questions that I need to find the answers to: Where am I? What am I doing here? And... Who am I?"" When a young girl wakes up in the middle of the desert, she has no idea who she is. She's wearing one shoe, a silky black dress, and she's carrying a strange, heavy case. She meets Tarni, who is on a mysterious quest of her own. Together, the two girls trek across the vast and ever-changing Australian Outback in search of answers. Except both are also hiding secrets... ""A tense and twisty story about friendship and music, and how we might all find out who we really are."" Sunday Times, Children's Book of the Week ""A gripping and beautifully written adventure story with a terrific twist. "" Irish Independent ""A fabulous adventure."" Holly Webb

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9781474966856

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Reviews

A fabulous adventure * Holly Webb *

Compelling... A tense and twisty story about friendship and music, and how we might all find out who we really are. * The Sunday Times, Children's Book of the Week * An all-action adventure in a dazzling landscape. * Lancashire Evening Post * A fabulous adventure * Holly Webb *

Author Information

Zillah Bethell was born in the shadow of the volcano Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea. She grew up without shoes, toys or technology; consequently she spent a lot of time in the sea swimming and in canoes - and occasionally, to earn money, she took tourists gold-panning in the highlands of Wau and Bulolo. Zillah's family returned to the UK when she was ten, and she was eventually educated at Oxford University and now lives in South Wales with her family.  

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