Yankee Whaler: My Story

Author(s): Deborah Lisson

Fiction (8 to 12 years)

Thomas dreams of escaping his bleak life in a small town and becoming a world-famous journalist. Guided by his adventurous spirit and insatiable curiosity, he smuggles himself aboard an American whaling ship, and finds himself caught up in one of the most daring escape plans in Australian history.


Product Information

Winner of Western Australian Premier's Book Awards: Children's Books 2001. Shortlisted for NSW Premier's History Award: Young People's History Prize 2002.

General Fields

  • : 9781865044385
  • : Scholastic Australia
  • : Scholastic Australia
  • : 31 August 2001
  • : 210mm X 135mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Deborah Lisson
  • : Paperback
  • : A823.3
  • : 170