| The Ivory Trail | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Victor Kelleher |
| Cover artist | Garry Moore |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Young-adult, Horror |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
| Publication date | 1999 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 213 pp (first edition) |
| ISBN | 0670888451 |
The Ivory Trail is a 1999 young-adult horror novel by Victor Kelleher. It follows the story of Jamie Hassan who is coming of age in a traditional mysticism bohemian family. After receiving an ivory carving he is sent on journeys through time in order to find his spiritual guide.[1]
The Ivory Trail was first published in Australia in 1996 by Viking Press in trade paperback format.[2] In 2001 it was published in the United Kingdom by Puffin Books.[3] Its front cover is used in Australia as a visual text in the New South Wales English Stage 6 Syllabus Journeys Stimulus Booklet. The Ivory Trail was a short-list nominee for the 1999 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel and best horror novel but lost to Dave Luckett's A Dark Victory and Christine Harris' Foreign Devil respectively.[4]