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The Gift Stone

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a young girl with a wish as big as the outback finds the opal which could make everything she hopes for come true....and yet, in tradtional fairy tale manner, she unselfishly gives the "gift stone" to her grandmother, rather than sell it for mere cash....and as all great acts of unselfisheness are rewarded, her dreams become reality! the wonderful use of language by the author made this a delight to read!

This a wonderful story about a girl's life. I read this book to my students before we do a geography lesson on Australia.

This is a good book to use when teaching about Australia. It presents another side of life there besides kangaroos and koalas. A young girl is living with her father in Cooby Pedy, a mining town where people actually live underground. Her father works in the opal mines and they live with her aunt and uncle. The girl would really like to live above ground again; she misses seeing trees and flowers and breathing fresh air. A very lucky find helps her realize her dream. I would use this with third grade age children as we study Australia.