Popular Oceanian Adventure Books

Find adventure books written by authors from Oceania for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (7)

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Bartlett and the Ice Voyage by Odo Hirsch EN

Rating: 2 (1 vote)
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
The Queen is a very busy woman who rules over seven kingdoms, some of which she has never even seen. Each kingdom is filled with its own exotic delights, and her loyal subjects constantly send her gifts from far and wide. But there is one fruit she craves--the melidrop--which, until now, has been out of her reach because it rots on the long journey from the far off country in which it grows. This is where Bartlett--the intrepid, stubborn, inventive and irreverent explorer--comes in! A rip-roaring, fantastical roller-coaster of an adventure story overflowing with wit and rollicking suspense. Th... continue

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Island of the Lost : An Extraordinary Story of Survival at the Edge of the World by Joan Druett EN

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“Riveting.” —The New York Times Book Review Hundreds of miles from civilization, two ships wreck on opposite ends of the same deserted island in this true story of human nature at its best—and at its worst. It is 1864, and Captain Thomas Musgrave’s schooner, the Grafton, has just wrecked on Auckland Island, a forbidding piece of land 285 miles south of New Zealand. Battered by year-round freezing rain and constant winds, it is one of the most inhospitable places on earth. To be shipwrecked there means almost certain death. Incredibly, at the same time on the opposite end of the island, another... continue

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Mary Poppins by Pamela Lyndon Travers EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
The adventures of Mary Poppins, the unusual governess whose remarkable powers transform the lives of the Banks family.


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Rabbit-Proof Fence : The True Story of One of the Greatest Escapes of All Time by Doris Pilkington EN

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Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
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Following an Australian government edict in 1931, black aboriginal children and children of mixed marriages were gathered up and taken to settlements to be institutionally assimilated. In Rabbit-Proof Fence, award-wining author Doris Pilkington traces the story of her mother, Molly, one of three young girls uprooted from their community in Southwestern Australia and taken to the Moore River Native Settlement. There, Molly and her relatives Gracie and Daisy were forbidden to speak their native language, forced to abandon their heritage, and taught to be culturally white. After regular stays in ... continue

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The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera EN

Rating: 5 (3 votes)
Description:
Eight-year-old Kahu, a member of the Maori tribe of New Zealand, fights to prove her love, her leadership, and her destiny when hundreds of whales beach themselves and threaten the future of the Maori tribe. Basis for the 2003 feature film.

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Tracks : A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback by Robyn Davidson EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
The author recounts her almost two-thousand mile journey across Australia with nothing but a dog and some camels for company.