![]() But as he grows, his imagination gets bigger too, until it is bursting at the limits of his world. Born in an Australian permanent detention centre after his mother fled the violence of a distant homeland, life behind the fences is all he has ever known. I lie in my bed, Queeny's feet pushing up against my cheek, and listen to the waves lapping at the tent. ![]() As red as the sun and as deep as the sky. Sometimes, at night, the dirt outside turns into a beautiful ocean. Shortlisted for the 2017 CILIP Carnegie MedalĬarnegie Medal Amnesty CILIP Honour Book 2017 Shortlisted for The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2016 Shortlisted for the 2017 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards ![]() Shortlisted fo r the 2017 Queensland Literary Awards Shortlisted for the 2017 Prime Minister's Literary Awards Winner, Readings Young Adult Book Prize 2017 2017 ABIA Book of the Year for Older Children ![]()
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