Sun On The Stubble: Colin Thiele

For Bruno, something in his life was ending - something that he loved as much as life itself. As he drove with his father to the railway siding to catch the train that would take him to the city and high school, he had time to reflect on the years that had slipped by so quickly...the farm in South Australia, where adventures sprang up like wheat shoots; his stern Dad, his Mother and family - and trickiest of all was the new teacher in town, who was too alert for comfort. Then there were the local arguments, that all seem to flare up around complicated bits of machinery, like water pumps and cars...Teen/nostalgia reading.