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A Bridge To Wiseman’s Cove
by James Moloney

Carl was afraid to breathe. The weight of the bird and its piercing gaze was enough to freeze him here forever. Now Carl set it free.

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Overview

Carl Matt hasn’t got much. There’s just his younger brother Harley and the old red barge to Wiseman’s Cove. And nothing’s going to take those away from him. He’s an awkward, lumpy fifteen-year-old. Not the hero type. Yet Carl has become one of the most memorable characters in Australian literature.

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Bookphile

‘This is a moving story about an unlikely hero who readers will care about and remember.’

The CBCA’s Reading Time

‘Carl’s unfolding is a delicate, halting process, wherein every flicker of hope can produce a rush of warmth in the reader’s heart.’

James Moloney

James Moloney is one of Australia’s best-known writers for children and young adults (A Bridge to Wiseman’s Cove, Dougy, Kill the Possum). He grew up in Brisbane, coming of age in the 1970s during the period when the Country Party (later the National Party) government of Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen dominated Queensland politics. It was a time of unrest and frustration for young people who could see the dawning of social and political freedom elsewhere. This experience inspired the writing of The Tower Mill, his first novel for adult readers.