Description
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Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781921150395
Year: 2008
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
Pages: 128
Description:
A powerful atmospheric verse novel set in the Victorian goldfields in the 1800s.
Traumatised by a fire in which her family perishes, the narrator poses as a boy on the goldfields. There, Sun Song, a Chinese market gardener is the only one to show any kindness. The narrator flees to the Chinese camp, taking the name Lin. But Ellery, a man with links to Lin’s past, is determined to take over all rights on the goldfields, setting in place a dangerous sequence of events. To survive is a test of frienship and loyalty, and a catalyst for Lin to remember her tragic past.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781921150395
Year: 2008
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
Pages: 128
Description:
A powerful atmospheric verse novel set in the Victorian goldfields in the 1800s.
Traumatised by a fire in which her family perishes, the narrator poses as a boy on the goldfields. There, Sun Song, a Chinese market gardener is the only one to show any kindness. The narrator flees to the Chinese camp, taking the name Lin. But Ellery, a man with links to Lin’s past, is determined to take over all rights on the goldfields, setting in place a dangerous sequence of events. To survive is a test of frienship and loyalty, and a catalyst for Lin to remember her tragic past.