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Publication
Ringwood, Vic. : Puffin Books, 1995.
Description
Dramatic novel for young teenagers about two outcast children, a kitchen maid called Sarah Jane, and an Aboriginal boy whose name is a secret, who travel through the evolving Australian landscape to live with the spirits of the ancient land. Also available in paperback. The author was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1986, and has won many other awards for children's fiction, including the Children's Book Council Book of the Year Award. Her other publications include 'Moon Dark'.
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Physical description
175 p.; 20 cm
ISBN
0140371354 / 9780140371352
Local notes
United in their desperate longing to find a true home, two orphans, an Australian Aboriginal boy and a scullery maid from Parramatta encounter each other in 1798 and continue their search through space and time together.