Bridie's FireAllen & Unwin, 2003. nov. 1. - 264 oldal Bridie's world is torn apart when her parents and baby brother die in the Great Hunger. She leaves Ireland, and strikes out alone to claim a life for herself in Australia, on the other side of the ocean. Bridie's Fire is heart-warming story of courage and resilience. It affirms Kirsty Murray's keen understanding of the human spirit. Starting in the 1840s and ending in present-day Australia. The Children of the Wind quartet tells the stories of four courageous young people, Bridie, Billy, Colm and Maeve, born fifty years apart. The central character from each book becomes a mentor to the child in the next. A well crafted and finely tuned historical novel...a rollicking adventure. - Children's Book Council, Notable Books 2004 I loved it! Really, I couldn't put it down. It's such an inspiration . . . my favourite book in the world. - Georgia, Year 8 |
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3. oldal
... close that Bridie could smell the hot scent of horseflesh as its black hooves scraped against her shoulder . ' It's the pooka ! ' she shouted . ' Run ! ' She stumbled backwards , trying to herd the other children behind her , but before ...
... close that Bridie could smell the hot scent of horseflesh as its black hooves scraped against her shoulder . ' It's the pooka ! ' she shouted . ' Run ! ' She stumbled backwards , trying to herd the other children behind her , but before ...
12. oldal
... . Dad knelt down and swept her up into his arms , bringing her face close to his . ' Husha , what's this you're saying ? ' he said , his warm , whiskey - scented breath against her cheek . ' I rode the pooka , with Brandon . A I 2.
... . Dad knelt down and swept her up into his arms , bringing her face close to his . ' Husha , what's this you're saying ? ' he said , his warm , whiskey - scented breath against her cheek . ' I rode the pooka , with Brandon . A I 2.
15. oldal
... close that she could feel his heart beating as hard and fast as her own . The hunger came sooner than they'd expected . Before the month was out , there were no potatoes to be had anywhere on the Dingle Peninsula . Brandon and Bridie ...
... close that she could feel his heart beating as hard and fast as her own . The hunger came sooner than they'd expected . Before the month was out , there were no potatoes to be had anywhere on the Dingle Peninsula . Brandon and Bridie ...
22. oldal
... close to the turf fire . She put her face so close to the smoking embers that her eyes stung and the tears ran free , coursing down her numb , cold face . For months after her father's death , Bridie felt as if the fire that flared ...
... close to the turf fire . She put her face so close to the smoking embers that her eyes stung and the tears ran free , coursing down her numb , cold face . For months after her father's death , Bridie felt as if the fire that flared ...
25. oldal
... close to the fire , rocking Paddy as he moaned in his sleep , with Brandon curled up near her feet . Paddy was starting to look like an O'Farrell child ; his cheekbones were too big , his cheeks too sunken , and there was no softness to ...
... close to the fire , rocking Paddy as he moaned in his sleep , with Brandon curled up near her feet . Paddy was starting to look like an O'Farrell child ; his cheekbones were too big , his cheeks too sunken , and there was no softness to ...
Tartalomjegyzék
1 | |
9 | |
18 | |
24 | |
Fever and changelings | 32 |
Road into darkness | 36 |
The deathhouse | 42 |
Black dogs and broken houses | 48 |
The fate of girls | 123 |
Sea change | 130 |
Hearts of fire | 137 |
Ember prayer | 149 |
Gold dust | 154 |
Billy Dare | 162 |
Leap of faith | 169 |
Midnight | 176 |
Pilgrim souls | 54 |
Riot | 60 |
Angel go before me | 64 |
Land of forever young | 70 |
The voyage south | 76 |
Winds of freedom | 84 |
The New World | 90 |
Beaumanoir | 96 |
Gilbert Clarence Arthur Bloomfield De Quincey | 101 |
By the waters and the wild | 109 |
Silken threads and golden needles | 117 |
The choice | 183 |
Alone | 189 |
The night fossicker | 196 |
Eddie Bones | 204 |
Songbird of the South | 209 |
A troupe of stars | 220 |
Broken promises | 228 |
The living and the dead | 234 |
Starry starry night | 246 |
Authors note | 251 |
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Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
afternoon Amaranta Arbuckle arms asked Bridie Ballarat beach Beaumanoir Beaumer beneath beside Biddy Ryan Brandon Bridie felt Bridie heard Bridie knew Bridie looked Bridie O'Connor Bridie sat Bridie watched Bridie woke Bridie's bright brother bushranger Caitlin camp clothes curled currach dark deck Dingle door Dora dress Dunquin Eddie Bones everything eyes face Fairlea father feel Fionn Fionn mac Cumhaill fire folded Gilbert girls gold goldfields hair hand head heart inside Ireland Irish Jacobus kitchen laughed leaned loved Marmalade Martin Degraves Melbourne Miss Charity Mister Bones morning mother never night O'Farrell Paddy pony pulled pushed reached road Roisin shouted skin smiled someone St Brigid St Brigid's crosses St Kilda Road stared stood story Suddenly tell tent theatre there's took Tralee turned voice waiting walked whispered woman workhouse
Népszerű szakaszok
68. oldal - Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not ; for he will not pardon your transgressions : for my name is in him.
141. oldal - There are more ways of killing a dog than by choking him with butter.
142. oldal - Gilbert put his elbows on the table and rested his face in his hands.
197. oldal - She was so wrapped up in her own thoughts that she didn't notice the red eyes watching her.
151. oldal - I save this fire, as noble Christ saves; Mary on the top of the house and Brigid in its center; The eight strongest angels in Heaven Preserving this house and keeping its people safe.
13. oldal - When you were born, just a fresh babe, and I held you in my arms for the first time, I knew that we had to call you Bridie, after the blessed St Brigid.
191. oldal - She wanted to fly at him and scratch his eyes out, but she...
55. oldal - Grabbing each of the children by the wrist, he pushed his way through the crowd to the front of the gate.
12. oldal - She wiped a tear away from her cheek with the back of her hand. Dad knelt down and swept her up into his arms, bringing her face close to his. 'Husha, what's this you're saying?