The Bone Sparrow:
Written by: Zana Fraillon
Narrated by: Keith
Brockett
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Time: 6 Hours
34 Minutes
Sometimes, at night, the dirt outside turns into a beautiful
ocean. As red as the sun and as deep as the sky. I lie in my bed, Queeny's feet pushing up against my cheek, and listen to
the waves lapping at the tent.
Subhi
is a refugee. 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. But as he grows, his imagination gets bigger too, until it is bursting
at the limits of his world. The Night Sea brings him gifts, the faraway whales
sing to him, and the birds tell their stories.
The
most vivid story of all, however, is the one that arrives one night in the form
of Jimmie, a scruffy, impatient girl who appears from the other side of the
wires, and brings a notebook written by the mother she lost. Unable to read it,
she relies on Subhi to unravel her own family's love songs and tragedies.
Subhi
and Jimmie might both find a way to freedom, as their tales unfold. But not
until each of them has been braver than ever before.