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Sebastian Ritscher |
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MY BROTHER BEN
A timeless story of brothers, boats and birds, from an award-winning storyteller.
Luke and his big brother Ben spend the summer on the banks of Cabbage Tree Creek. Quiet Luke sketches birds, while Ben leaps off the Jumping Tree. The boys couldn't be more different but they share the same dream: winning a boat so they can explore the creek properly.
Then Ben starts high school and the boys drift apart. When Luke catches Ben sneaking out at night, he knows his brother's up to something, but what?
A timeless story of birds and boats, and of brotherly love that is bigger than a wedge-tailed eagle, bigger than the sky.
'My Brother Ben perfectly captures the bond of siblings - from mercilessly teasing to fiercely defending each other in the blink of an eye,' says Clair Hume, UQP Commissioning Editor, Children's. 'It's a delight to be publishing this new work from Peter. His writing shows young readers a kind and complex world with subtle humour. I can't wait to share this gem with the world.'
Peter is the author and illustrator of twenty other titles. He says 'there's nothing quite like the bond between brothers, the parallels of love and anger that mark every game of backyard cricket, every bike race along the bitumen. My Brother Ben is my chance to explore the humour, joy and tension of these relationships, along with a love of birds.'
Peter's previous junior fiction bestseller The Elephant won the Queensland Literary Award Children's Book Award in 2018 and was shortlisted in the Australian Book Industry Awards, the CBCA's and the NSW Premier's Literary Awards. Since publication it has sold into ten international territories.
Then Ben starts high school and the boys drift apart. When Luke catches Ben sneaking out at night, he knows his brother's up to something, but what?
A timeless story of birds and boats, and of brotherly love that is bigger than a wedge-tailed eagle, bigger than the sky.
'My Brother Ben perfectly captures the bond of siblings - from mercilessly teasing to fiercely defending each other in the blink of an eye,' says Clair Hume, UQP Commissioning Editor, Children's. 'It's a delight to be publishing this new work from Peter. His writing shows young readers a kind and complex world with subtle humour. I can't wait to share this gem with the world.'
Peter is the author and illustrator of twenty other titles. He says 'there's nothing quite like the bond between brothers, the parallels of love and anger that mark every game of backyard cricket, every bike race along the bitumen. My Brother Ben is my chance to explore the humour, joy and tension of these relationships, along with a love of birds.'
Peter's previous junior fiction bestseller The Elephant won the Queensland Literary Award Children's Book Award in 2018 and was shortlisted in the Australian Book Industry Awards, the CBCA's and the NSW Premier's Literary Awards. Since publication it has sold into ten international territories.
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Published 2021-09-01 by UQP |