“I cannot wait until our Year 8s are Year 12s so that I might share this novel with them. Rich with topics for discussion, it is worthy of becoming a class text, studied, debated, argued and appreciated. The Piper's Son has some of the loveliest, endearing and most authentic characters I have read in a long while. I love the Finch Mackees and their 'people'. I love them all. And more than anything, I want to BE one of them.”
— bookgryffin.globalteacher.org.au
“When you open the cover of a Melina Marchetta novel you have certain expectations. If you're a newbie, you expect to be blown away. If you've read her work before, you expect character depth, memorable dialogue and an intriguing family full of skeletons, battened down resentments and fierce love. The Piper's Son will meet both criteria with aplomb.”
— pernicketysnark.com
“it's the type of book where the words morph, bottom out, and all of a sudden everyone and everything is three-dimensional. they hold substance. they hold the characters. and they're full. and they spiral out beautifully. heartbreakingly… so true. and so australian. and so real. and so family. beautiful to it's core. painfully so.”
— theuncommonnonsense/blogspot.com
“By no means a sequel, The Piper's Son is a stunning stand alone novel. But when you already know the characters, it adds a certain something to the experience. Having grown up with Melina Marchetta, it seems her characters have grown up with me too.”
— Fairfield Books on Station
“For Marchetta fans, this follow-up book is like catching up with old friends down at the local; we know and love them, we've missed them and now they've returned, just like we've always known they would.”
— Alpha Reader Blogspot
“With all the emotion and family dramas we've come to expect from Ms Marchetta, The Piper's Son is another one of her sure-to-be-cult novels.”
— Dolly
“The characters are alive and vibrant on every page of this perfectly crafted story about families, relationships, love and forgiveness.”
— Good Reading
“The Piper's Son provides an interesting insight into contemporary urban life and its issues, with focus on the music scene.”
— The Courier Mail
“Elegantly crafted with a distinctly Australian voice.”
— Madison
“Melina Marchetta is a god of the written word.”
— sassisamblog.com
“Marchetta is an outstanding writer.”
— Herald Sun
“Outstanding fiction . . .”
— The Sunday Age
The Piper's Son
Year
2010
Pages
328
Audience
young adult
Praise
“I cannot wait until our Year 8s are Year 12s so that I might share this novel with them. Rich with topics for discussion, it is worthy of becoming a class text, studied, debated, argued and appreciated. The Piper's Son has some of the loveliest, endearing and most authentic characters I have read in a long while. I love the Finch Mackees and their 'people'. I love them all. And more than anything, I want to BE one of them.”
— bookgryffin.globalteacher.org.au
“When you open the cover of a Melina Marchetta novel you have certain expectations. If you're a newbie, you expect to be blown away. If you've read her work before, you expect character depth, memorable dialogue and an intriguing family full of skeletons, battened down resentments and fierce love. The Piper's Son will meet both criteria with aplomb.”
— pernicketysnark.com
“it's the type of book where the words morph, bottom out, and all of a sudden everyone and everything is three-dimensional. they hold substance. they hold the characters. and they're full. and they spiral out beautifully. heartbreakingly… so true. and so australian. and so real. and so family. beautiful to it's core. painfully so.”
— theuncommonnonsense/blogspot.com
“By no means a sequel, The Piper's Son is a stunning stand alone novel. But when you already know the characters, it adds a certain something to the experience. Having grown up with Melina Marchetta, it seems her characters have grown up with me too.”
— Fairfield Books on Station
“For Marchetta fans, this follow-up book is like catching up with old friends down at the local; we know and love them, we've missed them and now they've returned, just like we've always known they would.”
— Alpha Reader Blogspot
“With all the emotion and family dramas we've come to expect from Ms Marchetta, The Piper's Son is another one of her sure-to-be-cult novels.”
— Dolly
“The characters are alive and vibrant on every page of this perfectly crafted story about families, relationships, love and forgiveness.”
— Good Reading
“The Piper's Son provides an interesting insight into contemporary urban life and its issues, with focus on the music scene.”
— The Courier Mail
“Elegantly crafted with a distinctly Australian voice.”
— Madison
“Melina Marchetta is a god of the written word.”
— sassisamblog.com
“Marchetta is an outstanding writer.”
— Herald Sun
“Outstanding fiction . . .”
— The Sunday Age
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