Strange Objects
Hachette Children's Books, 25th Anniversary Edition
2015
The 25th anniversary edition of this landmark novel, in which a chilling modern mystery is entwined with one of Australia's most brutal and intriguing historical atrocities. From one of Australia's most awarded writers, Gary Crew, with a foreword and cover illustration by Shaun Tan. On 4 June 1629, the Dutch vessel Batavia struck uncharted rocks off the West Australian coast. By the time help arrived, over 120 men, women and children had met their deaths - not in the sea, but murdered by two fellow survivors, Wouter Loos and Jan Pelgrom. Nearly 400 years later, Steven Messenger discovers gruesome relics from that wreck. Four months later he disappears without a trace. Where is Messenger? Is his disappearance linked to the relics? Someone knows ... somewhere …
- Strange Objects
- Gary Crew (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and BusinessShaun Tan (Illustrator)
- First published in 1990.
- Hachette Children's Books
- 2015
- 25th Anniversary Edition
- 9780733617942
- School of Creative Industries - Legacy
- English
- 99449173402621
- Fiction (novel, short story)
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