Storm Boy (novel)

Storm Boy
First edition
AuthorColin Thiele
IllustratorJohn Bailey
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's
Set inCoorong region, South Australia
PublisherRigby
Publication date
1964
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint
Pages50
OCLC12577321

Storm Boy is a 1964 Australian children's novel written by Colin Thiele, about a boy and his pelican.[1] The story, set in the Coorong region of South Australia,[2] focuses on the relationships the boy has with his father Hide-Away Tom, the pelican, and an outcast Australian Aboriginal man called Fingerbone.

The story has been dramatised several times. The 1976 film adaptation Storm Boy won the Jury and Best Film prizes at the 1977 AFI Awards.[2]

  1. ^ Storm Boy at Fantastic Fiction
  2. ^ a b "Storm Boy remake planned 40 years after original award-winning film". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2021.