num_pages: 272
description: Harper Flute believes that her younger brother Tin, with his uncanny ability to dig, was born to burrow. While their family struggles to survive in a bleak landscape during the Great Depression, the silent and elusive little Tin - "born on a Thursday and so fated to his wanderings" - begins to escape underground, tunneling beneath their tiny shanty. As time passes, Tin becomes a wild thing, leaving his family further and further behind. With exquisite prose, richly drawn characters, and a touch of magical realism, Sonya Hartnett tells a breathtakingly original coming-of-age story through the clear eyes of an observant child. It’s an unsentimental portrait of a loving family faced with poverty and heartbreak, entwined with a surreal vision of the enigmatic Tin, disappearing into a mysterious labyrinth that reaches unimaginably far, yet remains hauntingly near.
language: English
title: Thursday's Child
titlecomplete: Thursday's Child
genres: Historical, Young Adult Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Australia, Coming Of Age, Teen, Magical Realism, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Family
ratings_count: 1342
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Aurealis Award
category: Young Adult Novel
publisher: Candlewick Press