Music for Tigers av Michelle (Scotiabank Giller Awards) Kadarusman

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<text><p><b>Shipped halfway around the world to spend the summer with her mom¿s eccentric Australian relatives, middle schooler and passionate violinist Louisa is prepared to be resentful.</b> But life at the family¿s remote camp in the Tasmanian rainforest is intriguing, to say the least. There are pig-footed bandicoots, scary spiders, weird noises and odors in the night, and a quirky boy named Colin who cooks the most amazing meals. Not the least strange is her Uncle Ruff, with his unusual pet and veiled hints about something named Convict Rock.</p><p>Finally, Louisa learns the truth: Convict Rock is a sanctuary established by her great-grandmother Eleanor¿a sanctuary for Tasmanian tigers, Australia¿s huge marsupials that were famously hunted into extinction almost a hundred years ago. Or so the world believes. Hidden in the rainforest at Convict Rock, one tiger remains. But now the sanctuary is threatened by a mining operation, and the last Tasmanian tiger must be lu