TY  - BOOK
AU  - French,Jackie
TI  - The schoolmaster's daughter
SN  - 9781460757710 (paperback)
U1  - A823.4 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Sydney, N.S.W.
PB  - Angus & Robertson, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
KW  - Families
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Schools
KW  - Human rights
KW  - Slavery
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - Secrecy
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Racism
KW  - Australian fiction
KW  - fast
KW  - Manners and customs
KW  - Children's stories
KW  - Australia
KW  - History
KW  - 1901-1914
KW  - Race relations
KW  - 20th century
KW  - New South Wales
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - 1851-1901
KW  - AUS historical fiction
KW  - Juvenile works
KW  - Young adult fiction
KW  - Young adult works
KW  - lcgft
N1  - "A girl and a nation come of age" -- Cover; 10+ years old
N2  - January 1901. Sharks circle the stranded ship as Hannah and her family head to a new home in the newly formed nation of Australia. Hannah's father has a new post as the schoolmaster in a larger school in northern NSW, where the school's wealthy patron, a sugar planter called Mr Harris, will give the family a life of comfort and the best society. But secrets lurk in this subtropical paradise. From the moment Hannah's mother rebels against her husband's refusal to let Jamie, the Pacific Islander boy who rescues them from their shipwreck, into his school, the facade crumbles. Mr Harris's fortune is built on slavery and the whip. And the new Federal government's first law demands that all Pacific islanders, even those born in Australia, be deported. If Mr Harris learns of the secret school that Hannah's mother is running, it will mean ruin, violence, and possibly even death. Hannah and Jamie must fight for Jamie's right to stay in the land he loves, and for their rights to education and equality. Can the friendship and love of two young people win against such prejudice and power?
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