South of darkness / John Marsden
- Bib ID:
- 6578193
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Marsden, John, 1950-, author
- Description:
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- Sydney, New South Wales : Pan Macmillan Australia, 2014
- ©2014
- 376 pages : illustrations, maps (colour) ; 25 cm
- ISBN:
- 9781743531563 (hardback)
- Summary:
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Thirteen-year-old Barnaby Fletch is a bag-and-bones orphan in London in the late 1700s. Barnaby lives on his wits and ill-gotten gains, on streets seething with the press of the throng and shadowed by sinister figures. Life is a precarious business. When he hears of a paradise on the other side of the world- a place called Botany Bay - he decides to commit a crime and get himself transported to a new life, a better life. To succeed, he must survive the trials of Newgate Prison, the stinking hull of a prison ship and the unknown terrors of a journey across the world. And Botany Bay is far from the paradise Barnaby has imagined. When his past and present suddenly collide, he is soon fleeing for his life - once again. A riveting story of courage, hope and extraordinary adventure.
- Notes:
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- Maps on end pages
- "An epic journey of a convict boy's extraordinary journey from Australia's master stroyteller" --Cover
- Bibliography included in author's notes.
- includes bibliographical references.
- Subject:
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- Prisoners
- Penal colonies
- Adventure stories
- Historical fiction
- Initiation - Subincision
- Food - Preparation - Cooking - Meat
- Literature and stories - Non indigenous - Fiction
- Settlement and contacts - Penal colonies / Convicts
- Initiation - Finger amputation
- Hunting - Kangaroo / Wallaby
- Recreation - Play
- Botany Bay (N.S.W.)
- Botany Bay (S Sydney NSW SI56-05)
- Australian
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2014
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