The Burnt Stick

Viking, Ringwood, Victoria, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illustrator: Mark Scofilas. Gray speckled coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with black and white drawings/illustrations by Mark Scofilas. Coloured illustrated covers with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. This book is a first edition and has a complete number line: -- 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. A hint of rubbing to the book corners. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, same illustration as for underlying boards with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. A hint of rubbing and creasing to the dustwrapper edges. A story of a young boy, who was part aboriginal and part white, who, as per government policy of the time, was taken from his mother and placed in a Aboriginal Mission. It is the story of him remembering his mother, their lives prior to his removal and his determination as an adult to find his people. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. VIII, 56 pages, last three pages blank.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Mark Scofilas. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Indigenous Cultures; Fiction -- Adolescent; Fiction -- Australian; Illustrated; Australia; ISBN: 0670859125. ISBN/EAN: 9780670859122. Inventory No: 0107449. . 9780670859122