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The Stars at Oktober Bend by Millard, Glenda is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Stars at Oktober Bend about?

A powerful, captivating story about Alice, who is reaching out to express herself through her beautiful-broken words, and Manny who is running to escape his past. When they meet they find the tender beginnings of love and healing.SHORT-LISTED: 2017 Prime Minister's Literary Award, Young Adult FictionSHORT-LISTED: 2016 QLD Premier's Literary Awards, Young Adult BooksAlice is fifteen, with hair as red as fire and skin as pale as bone, but something inside her is broken. She has acquired brain injury, the result of an assault, and her words come out slow and slurred. But when she writes, heartwords fly from her pen. She writes poems to express the words she can't say and leaves them in unexpected places around the town. Manny was once a child soldier. He is sixteen and has lost all his family. He appears to be adapting to his new life in this country, where there is comfort and safety, but at night he runs, barefoot, to escape the memory of his past. When he first sees Alice, she is sitting on the rusty roof of her river-house, looking like a carving on an old-fashioned ship sailing through the stars.

Who reads The Stars at Oktober Bend?

Author

Millard, Glenda

Publisher

Allen & Unwin

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781743433331

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Children'S

Rating

3.86 / 5 (335 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14