THE BRITTLE STAR
by Davina Langdale
Sceptre, London Paperback: 320 pages Price: AUD $22.99
Reviewed by Jeffry Babb
The Brittle Star is a quest narrative. John Evert Burn must find his mother, who has been abducted by raiders. He and his mother farm a ranch near Anaheim, not far from Los Angeles. Los Angeles in the 1860s is not totally lawless, yet it is not totally civilised. John Evert is 15 but he is able to handle himself on the fr…
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