Wildlight

David Metzenthen

touko 2010 · Bolinda · Lukija: Michael Veitch

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7 h 43 min

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In the forest, armed men from a new settlement ventured to investigate strange lights and found three fires burning, a child at their centre tethered to a stake. The boy appeared to be white, perhaps three or four years old, unable to speak. He watched the men with the darting, fearful eyes of a wild animal and at their approach he crouched, snatched a stick from a fire, and snarled. So begins Dirk Wildlight's life in the tiny Victorian settlement of Tilmore. Reluctantly he's taken in, only to be treated with suspicion, neglect and cruelty. Then, a strange turn in fortune leads him not only towards freedom, but to an understanding of the mystery of his earliest years.

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David Metzenthen is a Melbourne-based author for young readers. He's written dozens of books for children and young adults, including One Runaway Rabbit, Johnny Hart's Heroes, Boys of Blood and Bone, Wildlight: A Journey, Augustin and the Hot Air Balloon and Jarvis. Metzenthen has received many awards for excellence, including the 2000 CBCA Book of the Year Award for Older Readers, a 2003 Victorian Premier's Literary Award and a 2003 Queensland Premier's Literary Award. His book One Minute's Silence won the Children's Fiction category in the 2015 Prime Minister's Literary Awards.

Michael Veitch is a multi-talented writer, performer and presenter. He has an academic background in history but made his name as part of the ABC’s cult hit The D-Generation, followed by Fast Forward, Full Frontal and more. For five years he was the face of ABC television’s national weekly arts program, Sunday Arts, followed by a three year stint on ABC Radio, broadcasting across Tasmania and Victoria.