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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1 - 5 találat összesen 6 találatból.
5. oldal
... dark curls . Shifting the tiny boy onto her hip , she took him into the late summer twilight . They sat on the bench outside the whitewashed house and Bridie shared her potato with Paddy , feeding him small mouthfuls with her fingertips ...
... dark curls . Shifting the tiny boy onto her hip , she took him into the late summer twilight . They sat on the bench outside the whitewashed house and Bridie shared her potato with Paddy , feeding him small mouthfuls with her fingertips ...
15. oldal
... dark , they heard their parents stir to waking and fling the door open to the night . They listened to their ... darkness , keening as if there had been a death in the house . Bridie and Brandon went outside and stood beside the pit in ...
... dark , they heard their parents stir to waking and fling the door open to the night . They listened to their ... darkness , keening as if there had been a death in the house . Bridie and Brandon went outside and stood beside the pit in ...
17. oldal
... dark night . The embers flickered and then grew dimmer and Bridie closed her eyes and prayed for the fire inside her to grow stronger , strong enough to keep the darkness from swallowing up each of the people she loved . St Brigid's Eve ...
... dark night . The embers flickered and then grew dimmer and Bridie closed her eyes and prayed for the fire inside her to grow stronger , strong enough to keep the darkness from swallowing up each of the people she loved . St Brigid's Eve ...
18. oldal
... dark clouds were gathering on the far horizon . She wished her father would come home . She'd woken in the dark of night to the wind howling off the sea like a banshee . She heard the anxious whisperings of her mother and felt the cold ...
... dark clouds were gathering on the far horizon . She wished her father would come home . She'd woken in the dark of night to the wind howling off the sea like a banshee . She heard the anxious whisperings of her mother and felt the cold ...
23. oldal
... dark island with his finger . ' See , that's just what he looked like when he was laying on the lid . His spirit's gone out to the island and he's there . The magic is in it and it's singing out to me . ' Bridie sat down beside him and ...
... dark island with his finger . ' See , that's just what he looked like when he was laying on the lid . His spirit's gone out to the island and he's there . The magic is in it and it's singing out to me . ' Bridie sat down beside him and ...
Tartalomjegyzék
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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 |
Más kiadások - Összes megtekintése
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?