Sil: A Novel
May 2012 · Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
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192
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About this ebook
A Watership Down of a tale for junior readers based around New Zealand's native bird, the tui. Sil: adolescent tui and rising star. His startling song compositions arouse admiration and jealousy among his age-mates as he prepares for the annual competitions. Bron: fearless, daredevil flier, a tomboy who tells it like it is. She's Sil's best friend but Sil can see that handsome Tor is luring her away. Tor, Bek, Jeb, Pip, Mem, Bel: the very existence of the whole tui clan who sing in the dawn, hang off flax bushes, build nests and play aerial games of 'floop' is under threat. Magpies: an outcast gang beginning a campaign of devastation and annihilation in the valley. Across the harbour at the competitions, Sil stuns his audience with his singing but, blinded by pride, he makes a fatal mistake. Can he rise from disgrace to help the tuis strike back?
About the author
Sil is Jill Harris’s first book. As a teacher and librarian, a mother of 3 sons and 2 grandchildren, she has read hundreds of children’s books and has wanted to write one herself for several years. When she and her husband moved to their present home, they were surrounded by bush, sea and birds. Tuis got drunk on kowhai flowers in their garden and kereru (native wood pigeons) visited their laburnum tree and ate most of its new leaves every spring. Jill decided to write a story about the birds and set out to discover more about them. She came to the conclusion that birds are pretty smart. Jill also writes poetry and is a liturgist who creates rituals and ceremonies for people who don’t go to church anymore.
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