I was a bit sad that my pirate books didn’t get on the list for the Premier’s Reading Challenge here in Victoria, since every other kids’ book known to humanity seems to be on there. Maybe next year.
But I just discovered by accident that Ocean Without End was on the list in South Australia, where clearly dwell some sensible people of exquisite taste.
I’m even more chuffed to find that it was been selected by young readers in Western Australia to be on their 2007 WAYRBA book awards list.
And then you see a review from a young reader like this one, and it’s all worth it.