Across the Dark Sea : Making Tracks English Readers Series

Across the Dark Sea : Making Tracks English Readers Series
ISBN: 9781876944452
Publication Date: 1 May 2006

They didn't look like pirates: they looked like ordinary fishermen, but with eyes as quick and glittering as their knives ...

Trung's adventure begins in the dead of night. He and his father escape the soldiers with guns. But what awaits them across the dark sea? Across the Dark Sea features a fishing boat used to flee Vietnam after the war. It is based on an actual boat, the Hong Hai, which is now part of the National Museum's collection.

Making Tracks takes young readers on a fictional journey through fascinating Australian stories, inspired by objects from the National Museum of Australia's collection.

About the Author

Wendy Orr is the award-winning author of Ark in the Park, Peeling the Onion and Nim's Island, which was made into a film starring Jodie Foster

About the illustrator

Donna Rawlins is the illustrator of River Boy.