Facing the flame / Wildfires Country life Nineteen seventies
French, Jackie,
Facing the flame / Jackie French. - 1st edition. - 292 pages ; 24 cm. - The Matilda saga ; 7. . - French, Jackie. Matilda saga ; 7. .
There have been fires before, but not like this. In 1978, as the hot windhowls and the grass dries, all who live at Gibber's Creek know their land canburn. But when you love your land, you fight for it. For Jed Kelly, an even more menacing danger looms: a man from her past determined to destroy her. Finding herself alone, trapped and desperate to save her unborn child, Jed's only choice is to flee - into the flames. Heartbreaking and powerful, this is a story of the triumph of courage and community, and a love for the land so deep that not even bushfire can erode it.
For young adults.
9781460753200
Wildfires--Juvenile fiction.
Country life--History--Australia--Juvenile fiction.
Nineteen seventies--Juvenile fiction.
Australia--Social conditions--Juvenile fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Historical fiction.
A823.4
Facing the flame / Jackie French. - 1st edition. - 292 pages ; 24 cm. - The Matilda saga ; 7. . - French, Jackie. Matilda saga ; 7. .
There have been fires before, but not like this. In 1978, as the hot windhowls and the grass dries, all who live at Gibber's Creek know their land canburn. But when you love your land, you fight for it. For Jed Kelly, an even more menacing danger looms: a man from her past determined to destroy her. Finding herself alone, trapped and desperate to save her unborn child, Jed's only choice is to flee - into the flames. Heartbreaking and powerful, this is a story of the triumph of courage and community, and a love for the land so deep that not even bushfire can erode it.
For young adults.
9781460753200
Wildfires--Juvenile fiction.
Country life--History--Australia--Juvenile fiction.
Nineteen seventies--Juvenile fiction.
Australia--Social conditions--Juvenile fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Historical fiction.
A823.4