Seventeen Seconds
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: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
In the span of a single, breathless moment, seventeen seconds becomes the difference between life and death. Ivan Southall's gripping adventure novel places its young protagonist at the centre of a harrowing ordeal, where split-second decisions carry the full weight of consequence in a tale that crackles with raw tension and moral urgency. Southall masterfully constructs a world where youth is no shield against the brutal demands of survival, forcing his characters — and his readers — to confront what it truly means to act under pressure. A celebrated titan of Australian children's and young adult literature, Southall brought to his fiction a rare psychological intensity that distinguished him from his contemporaries. His prose is spare yet deeply felt, stripping away comfort to reveal the trembling core of human courage. Seventeen Seconds stands as a testament to his enduring belief that young readers deserve stories of genuine consequence — leaving one to wonder whether seventeen seconds is ever truly enough.
Author: Ivan Southall
Format: Hardback
Genre: Adventure fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
In the span of a single, breathless moment, seventeen seconds becomes the difference between life and death. Ivan Southall's gripping adventure novel places its young protagonist at the centre of a harrowing ordeal, where split-second decisions carry the full weight of consequence in a tale that crackles with raw tension and moral urgency. Southall masterfully constructs a world where youth is no shield against the brutal demands of survival, forcing his characters — and his readers — to confront what it truly means to act under pressure. A celebrated titan of Australian children's and young adult literature, Southall brought to his fiction a rare psychological intensity that distinguished him from his contemporaries. His prose is spare yet deeply felt, stripping away comfort to reveal the trembling core of human courage. Seventeen Seconds stands as a testament to his enduring belief that young readers deserve stories of genuine consequence — leaving one to wonder whether seventeen seconds is ever truly enough.