Geology is cool.
Playing marbles with the devil.
The protagonist twelve year old boli struggles to make sense of a rapidly changing world relying for support on a fragile set of friends and allies.
The characters are engaging and the plot moves steadily towards a powerful conclusion.
The devils marbles are of great cultural and spiritual significance to.
The long drive to the devil s marbles.
A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size.
Alice playing with the devil s marbles posted on 05 23 2013 by thenomadicdiaries the piercing howl of a dingo erupted in the dark of night as i roasted marshmallows over the camp fire at devil s marbles with ben and petra a dutch couple i befriended at the camp site.
Playing for the devil s fire is a well paced novel accessible for teens and young adults.
She likes to trundle along at 80km hr on the highway and things inevitably end up taking longer than planned.
Heading north along the stuart highway from alice springs to bitter springs i was ready for a couple of long days stuck in the troopy.
It s a big ol stretch of nothing between darwin and alice so it was sweet to stop and check out some niiiice boulders on the way.