That Eye, the Sky
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1st edition (publ. McPhee Gribble)
That Eye, the Sky is a 1986 novel by award-winning Australian author Tim Winton. It follows a 13 year old boy ("Ort") coping with life in a small country town after his father has a serious car-related incident involving the smashing of two large bodies of steel. Ort struggles with understanding the world that surrounds him and he experiences life's challenges which helps him grow with atheism and knowledge. Ort is very worried about his family and thinks something is going to happen to them, he has a mind like no other 13-year-old teenager.
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