Polar Boy

By: Sandy Fussell

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Paperback | 1 August 2008

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Set in a 13th century polar community, a young boy's destiny transforms him from a frightened child into a courageous hero.

Iluak, a Too-lee boy, has been told by his grandmother that it is his fate to save his people from a bear. But the mere thought of a polar bear makes Iluak’s stomach churn and he lives in fear of this destined encounter. When Illuak summons the courage to rescue a Northman (Viking) child from a polar bear he realises there is a far greater challenge involved in the prophecy -- two very different cultures are about to collide head-on.

Accessible & action-packed adventure story.
A brilliantly researched & evocative tale of a fascinating time rarely written about in popular culture.

About the Author

Sandy Fussell lives south of Sydney with her husband and two sons. She studied mathematics at university, is intensely interested in history, and now works in IT. Her series, Samurai Kids has been hugely successful with Book 3, Shaolin Tiger named as a Notable Book, Younger Readers Category in the Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards, 2010 as well as being short-listed in the Speech Pathology Awards – Upper Primary Category, 2010.. Polar Boy, her first stand-alone novel was short-listed in 2009 for the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year for Younger Readers, and her second stand-alone novel, Jaguar Warrior was released in March 2010.

Industry Reviews

Flawless and makes utterly compelling reading ... Sandy Fussell has expertly captured another time and place, exploring a bleak, deadly wasteland of crushing coldness and desolation, made all the more real by the fragile but tenuous grip on life of these hardy Inuit people. Polar Boy is a gripping, well-researched and thoroughly enjoyable adventure." * Magpies *
Fussell draws us into Iluak's world with exquisite description, empathetic characters and a story with universal appeal. * Good Reading Magazine *

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