![]() ![]() He can earn more as a pump-diver and he wants to walk the deep ocean floor in a big breathing helmet and dive suit, but deep-sea diving is extremely dangerous and another diver is making trouble, and. The pearl-shell industry is at its peak and when his father is coerced away, 13-year-old Sario goes to work as a swimming diver to support his family. The year is 1898: Sario lives with his family on a remote island in the Torres Strait. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for The Pearl-shell Diver: A Story of adventure from the Torres Strait by Kay Crabbe at the best. * Shortlisted Crystal Kite Award 2017 - Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators * Notable Book of the Year 2017: Younger Readers - Children's Book Council of Australia * Book of the Year 2016: Best Book for Language and Literacy Development - Indigenous Books for Children Engaging and authentic historical fiction about one boy from the Torres Strait trying to work his way up in the pearl-shell industry. ![]() The Pearl-shell Diver - a story of adventure from the Torres Strait ![]()
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