Phantom Wings Over the North by Desmond O Connor (A&A Book
Publishing) PB RRP $19.99
ISBN: 9780994329462
Reviewed by Ellie Royce
At 60 pages this slim volume nevertheless contains a big story. Twin
teenagers Joan and Mark join their prospector uncle Paddy and his mate Bluey for a camping holiday in the outback. But the group discovers more than they expected when they come across a mobile laboratory supposedly scouting for mineral deposits and realise that there is something unusual about the mysterious midnight aircraft flying in and out of the Pilbara.
ISBN: 9780994329462
Reviewed by Ellie Royce
At 60 pages this slim volume nevertheless contains a big story. Twin
teenagers Joan and Mark join their prospector uncle Paddy and his mate Bluey for a camping holiday in the outback. But the group discovers more than they expected when they come across a mobile laboratory supposedly scouting for mineral deposits and realise that there is something unusual about the mysterious midnight aircraft flying in and out of the Pilbara.
This story
took me back to books like “Swallows and Amazons” where there is so much
information to be absorbed while relishing an adventure. With maps and colour
photographs adding to the text, I almost felt as if I had visited the Pilbara
by the time I finished reading.
Desmond O
Connor’s personal experience as a pilot and surveyor shines through, endowing
the fiction with authenticity and making for an absorbing reading experience.
Recommended for readers 12 years and up.
Recommended for readers 12 years and up.
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