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The Devil's Own by Lisson, Deborah is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Devil's Own about?
Fifteen-year-old Julianna, bored and rebellious on her father's yacht, can see no beauty in the lonely, windswept Abrolohos Islands off the coast of Western Australia. If only something would happen, she thinks desperately, anything just to break the monotony. Then her wish is granted. It starts innocently enough - a glimpse of a face hidden among the bushes on a neighbouring island - but when Julianna goes to investigate she encounters a mystery that is to sweep her away from every security she has ever known and plunge her, alone and bewildered, into a three-hundred-year-old nightmare of shipwreck, mutinyâ¦and murder. <p>Author Biography: Deborah Lisson is an award-winning author of children's books including Red Hugh (Published by Lothian), a CBC Notable Children's Book in 1999 and winner of the WA Premier's Award in 1999. Deborah was born in England, emigrated to Australia in 1962 and now lives in Western Australia.</p> <p>Bored on her father's yacht off the west coast of Australia, fifteen-year-old Julianna finds herself swept into a seventeenth-century nightmare of shipwreck, mutiny, and murder.</p>
Who reads The Devil's Own?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Lisson, Deborah
- Publisher
- Holiday House, Incorporated
- Published
- 1991
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780823408719
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Children'S, Romance, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.75 / 5 (29 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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