Fly West
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
When a routine flight across Australia turns into a nightmare of survival, Ivan Southall's Fly West delivers the kind of breathless, heart-pounding tension that made him one of the most celebrated voices in Australian children's literature. The story centres on a group of young passengers whose small aircraft is thrown into crisis, forcing them to confront fear, responsibility, and the raw, unforgiving vastness of the Australian landscape in ways they could never have anticipated. Southall was a master of psychological realism, and Fly West is no exception — stripping away the comforts of the adult world to reveal the extraordinary resilience buried within ordinary children. His prose is taut and immediate, placing the reader directly inside the chaos and confusion of the moment, while broader themes of courage, trust, and human endurance resonate long after the final page. A gripping testament to the power of youth under pressure, this novel leaves the reader asking one urgent question: what would you do when there is no one left to save you?
Author: Ivan Southall
Format: Hardback
Published: 1974, Angus & Robertson
Genre: Childrens fiction
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
When a routine flight across Australia turns into a nightmare of survival, Ivan Southall's Fly West delivers the kind of breathless, heart-pounding tension that made him one of the most celebrated voices in Australian children's literature. The story centres on a group of young passengers whose small aircraft is thrown into crisis, forcing them to confront fear, responsibility, and the raw, unforgiving vastness of the Australian landscape in ways they could never have anticipated. Southall was a master of psychological realism, and Fly West is no exception — stripping away the comforts of the adult world to reveal the extraordinary resilience buried within ordinary children. His prose is taut and immediate, placing the reader directly inside the chaos and confusion of the moment, while broader themes of courage, trust, and human endurance resonate long after the final page. A gripping testament to the power of youth under pressure, this novel leaves the reader asking one urgent question: what would you do when there is no one left to save you?