Mimi and the Blue Slave

Mimi and the Blue Slave by Catherine Bateson, published by Random House Australia in 2010.

A stunning magical realist tale charts the stormy waters of a child's grief When grief strikes, you need an ally. For Mimi, that ally is Ableth, the wildly disobedient blue slave. He comes, he goes, he says and does whatever he likes, but he's always there when Mimi needs him most, offering his own brand of crooked wisdom. Ableth says, "You need to learn to look under the surface of things. Look at water. It's just a great expanse of blue with little wavelets and riffs of foam. But underneath the surface are whole worlds of wonder. There are treasures and wrecks and bones . .

A great pick for readers who love getting lost in a good story.

• Author: Catherine Bateson
• Publisher: Random House Australia
• Year: 2010
• Pages: 217
• ISBN: 9781864719949