This month we have bestselling author Deborah Abela. Deborah has a fascinating story to tell why she wrote 'Theresa' - watch her video here or below:
Deborah launched the video on Facebook: "My wonderful and clever partner, Todd Decker, has made a video about how my kids' novel, Teresa A New Australian, was researched and written. It uses footage from our trip to Malta last October to launch the book with the president. Malta is a beautiful series of islands and the underground tunnels are fascinating."
In the video, Deborah talks about how her children's book Teresa is loosely based on her father's story. The main character in the book, Teresa, was only four years old when the bombs began to fall. Over the next three years her island home of Malta became the most heavily bombed place of WW2. With her country destroyed and starvation rife, Teresa’s father decided to leave for Australia, to its promise of jobs, wealth and a brighter future. Despite very few possessions, little money and outbursts of racism, Teresa and her family work very hard to make Australia their new home.
Deborah has a new book out this month, too. It's about a fictional character called Wolfie, who unlike other wolves, wants to rescue a princess. See more about it here.
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