Fremantle Prison break : my Australian story / Fenians Whaling

Lisson, Deborah.

Fremantle Prison break : my Australian story / The diary of Thomas Morris, Bunbury WA, 1876. Deborah Lisson. - 2nd ed. - Lindfield, N.S.W. : Scholastic Australia, 2013. - 186 p. ; 20 cm. - My Australian story. . - Lisson, Deborah. Fremantle Prison Break. . - My Australian story. .

Originally published as The Yankee whaler : the diary of Thomas Morris, Bunbury W.A. 1876 in 2001.

HISTORICAL FICTION. AUSTRALIAN. Thomas Morris thinks something most mysterious is going on in Bunbury where he delivers telegraphs: some telegraphs carry cryptic messages and there are strangers in town acting in an oddly inconsistent manner. In his diary, Tom records the exciting adventures he has as he tries to solve the mystery and finds himself part of an amazing international plot. Extraordinary story based on the escape of Irish Fenian prisoners from the notorious Fremantle Prison in 1876. Ages 10+.

For primary school age children.

9781741699098 (pbk.)


Fenians--Juvenile fiction.
Whaling--Western Australia--Juvenile fiction.

A823.3