Two Sparrowhawks in a Lonely Sky
ISBN: 9781761180224
Australian: Yes
Published: 2023 by Allen & Unwin
Level: Middle Years (6-9)
13-year-old Fu and his younger sister, Pei, live with their mother in a rural community in Southern China that is struggling to survive when it is collectivised as part of Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward campaign that results in famine and millions of deaths. Faced with their own tragedy, the pair set out on a journey fraught with danger to find their father who left for Australia almost a decade ago - with nothing but a photo to guide them, and some documents they cannot read.