Magpie Island

Magpie shot off like a bolt from a catapult. He whizzed up into the sky above the hill and then swept down in a fierce circle around the she-oaks, his wings hissing through the air like knives. Magpie is marooned alone on an island. He is a sad, lonely figure. A castaway. Robinson Crusoe Magpie ... Until young Benny finds him a mate.

Colin Milton Thiele AC was an Australian author and educator. He was renowned for his award-winning children’s fiction, most notably the novels Storm Boy, Blue Fin, the Sun on the Stubble series, and February Dragon