The Min-Min
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
A landmark of Australian young adult fiction, The Min-Min chronicles the story of Sylvie, a young girl living in poverty in a remote outback railway camp, who dreams of escaping her harsh circumstances and building a better life. When she and her younger brother Reg run away in search of a mythical better world, the novel traces their desperate journey across the vast, unforgiving Australian desert with gripping suspense and emotional depth. Mavis Thorpe Clark illustrates the brutal realities of rural poverty and neglect in mid-twentieth-century Australia, while never losing sight of the resilience and fierce hope that drive her young protagonists forward. The title references the mysterious min-min lights of the outback — elusive, flickering phenomena that serve as a powerful metaphor for the dreams that keep Sylvie going against all odds. Winner of the Australian Children's Book of the Year Award, this enduring classic remains a moving and thought-provoking portrait of survival, family loyalty, and the courage it takes to reach for something better.
Author: Mavis Thorpe Clark
Format: Hardback
Published: 1974, Hodder and Stoughton
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
A landmark of Australian young adult fiction, The Min-Min chronicles the story of Sylvie, a young girl living in poverty in a remote outback railway camp, who dreams of escaping her harsh circumstances and building a better life. When she and her younger brother Reg run away in search of a mythical better world, the novel traces their desperate journey across the vast, unforgiving Australian desert with gripping suspense and emotional depth. Mavis Thorpe Clark illustrates the brutal realities of rural poverty and neglect in mid-twentieth-century Australia, while never losing sight of the resilience and fierce hope that drive her young protagonists forward. The title references the mysterious min-min lights of the outback — elusive, flickering phenomena that serve as a powerful metaphor for the dreams that keep Sylvie going against all odds. Winner of the Australian Children's Book of the Year Award, this enduring classic remains a moving and thought-provoking portrait of survival, family loyalty, and the courage it takes to reach for something better.