My friend Tertius

Title:

My friend Tertius

Author:

Fenton, Corinne.

Swan, Owen, (Illustrator)

ISBN:

9781760113827

Publication Date as Range:

2017

Publication Information:

Crows Nest, N.S.W. Allen & Unwin, 2017.

Subject Term:

Intelligence officers -- China -- Hong Kong -- Juvenile fiction.

Intelligence officers -- Great Britain -- Juvenile fiction.

Human-animal relationships -- Juvenile fiction.

Gibbons -- Juvenile fiction.

British -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction.

Genre:

Historical fiction

Australian fiction

Language:

English

Summary:

One question kept echoing in my mind - if I had to leave, what would I do with Tertius?..This is the true story of two lives brought together by chance. Arthur Cooper, working in intelligence for the British Government in pre-war Hong Kong, rescues a small gibbon and names him Tertius. Together they escape to a safe place - but is it for always?..

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Summary

One question kept echoing in my mind--if I had to leave, what would I do with Tertius? This is the true story of two lives brought together by chance. Arthur Cooper, working in intelligence for the British Government in pre-war Hong Kong, rescues a small gibbon and names him Tertius. Together they escape to a safe place--but is it for always?

Author Notes

Corinne Fenton is the author of Queenie: One Elephant's Story , which was an Honour Book in the CBCA Awards; The Dog on the Tuckerbox , which was a CBCA Notable Book and shortlisted in the APA and ABIA Awards; and Bob the Railway Dog , which was named a CBCA Notable Book in 2016. Little Dog and the Christmas Wish was shortlisted in the Crichton CBCA Awards in 2015 and had the honor of being chosen as the theme for the 2015 Myer Christmas Windows. Owen Swan is the illustrator of several picture books including Anzac Biscuits by Phil Cummings, a CBCA Notable Book.