Saxby, Claire,

The wearing of the green / Claire Saxby. - 183 pages ; 20 cm.

When Irish Famine oprhan Biddy Blackwell arrives in Melbourne aboard the Eliza Caroline, she expects her brother Ewen to be waiting for her. He is her only surviving relative and the only reason she agreed to leave Ireland and journey to Australia. But Ewen is not there to greet her, and Biddy is sent out of Melbourne to work on a farm. This is far from the life she dreamed of.

For ages from 12+.

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Orphans--Juvenile fiction.
Irish--Australia--Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction.
Farms--Australia--Juvenile fiction.
Australia--Emigration and immigration--Juvenile fiction.


Melbourne (Vic.)--History--Juvenile fiction.
Australia--Emigration and immigration--Juvenile fiction.


Young adult fiction.
Australian fiction.
Historical fiction.

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