| Record Number |
907695 |
| ISBN |
9781761180781 (paperback) |
| Author |
MacDibble, Bren author. |
| Title |
The apprentice witnesser / Bren MacDibble. |
| Publisher/Date |
Cammeraygal Country/Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2024. |
| ©2024 |
| Pagination etc. |
240 pages ; 20 cm |
| Summary Note |
Bastienne Scull is a young orphan who lives with the local Witnesser of Miracles, Lodyma Darsey, who investigates 'miraculous events' and spins them into stories she tells at the night markets. After Lodyma's husband and elder son died of a sickness that continues to sweep the land, she sent her teenage son Osmin into the hills to live with the mountain men. That was ten years ago, and Lodyma doesn't know if he's alive or dead. And she's taken Bastienne as an apprentice to fill the void of her lost family. One day, two young boys arrive in town asking Lodyma to go on a mysterious mission to a monastery. And when Lodyma and Bastienne arrive, what they discover will change their lives. A wonderful novel, full of hope, courage, resilience and family. |
| Target audience note |
9-12 years old. |
| Subject |
Diseases -- Juvenile fiction |
| Orphans -- Juvenile fiction |
| Missing persons -- Juvenile fiction |
| Families -- Juvenile fiction |
| Apprentices -- Juvenile fiction |
| Storytelling -- Juvenile fiction |
| Monasteries -- Juvenile fiction |
| Children's stories |
| Magic realist fiction. |
| Shelf Location |
JF MACD |
