The girl from Snowy River / Jackie French.
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TextSeries: French, Jackie. Matilda saga ; 2.Publisher: [Sydney, N.S.W.] : Read How You Want, [2013]Copyright date: ©2012Edition: [Large print edition]Description: 415 pages (large print) ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781459670112 (large print); 9780732293109 (Angus&Robertson pbk.)Subject(s): Country life -- New South Wales -- Snowy Mountains -- Juvenile fiction | Orphans -- Juvenile fiction | Country life -- New South Wales -- Snowy Mountains -- Fiction | Orphans -- Fiction | Large type books | Australia -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction | Australia -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- FictionGenre/Form: Young adult fiction | Large type books DDC classification: A823.3 Summary: YA. Aust'n. Historical fiction. Large Print. The year is 1919. Thirty years have passed since the man from Snowy River made his famous ride. But World War I still casts its shadow across a valley in the heart of Australia, particularly for orphaned sixteen-year-old Flinty McAlpine, who lost a brother when the Snowy River men marched away to war. Why has the man Flinty loves returned from the war so changed and distant? Why has her brother Andy gone with cattle , leaving Flinty in charge of their younger brother and sister and with the threat of eviction from the farm she loves so dearly? A brumby muster held under the watchful eye of the legendary Clancy of the Overflow offers hope. Now Flinty must ride to save her farm, her family and the valley she loves. Set among the landscapes of the great poems of Australia, this book is a love song to the Snowy Mountains and a tribute to Australia s poets who immortalised so much of our land. The Girl from Snowy River combines passion, heartbreak, history and an enduring love and rich understanding of our land. It continues the grand saga that began with A Waltz for Matilda. Praise for A Waltz for Matilda: this absorbing saga abounds in social and historical detail Magpies.Summary: 12 yrs+
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Large Print | F FRE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | AL42000221864B |
Regular print edition published by Angus&Robertson, Sydney, NSW: 2012.
YA. Aust'n. Historical fiction. Large Print. The year is 1919. Thirty years have passed since the man from Snowy River made his famous ride. But World War I still casts its shadow across a valley in the heart of Australia, particularly for orphaned sixteen-year-old Flinty McAlpine, who lost a brother when the Snowy River men marched away to war. Why has the man Flinty loves returned from the war so changed and distant? Why has her brother Andy gone with cattle , leaving Flinty in charge of their younger brother and sister and with the threat of eviction from the farm she loves so dearly? A brumby muster held under the watchful eye of the legendary Clancy of the Overflow offers hope. Now Flinty must ride to save her farm, her family and the valley she loves. Set among the landscapes of the great poems of Australia, this book is a love song to the Snowy Mountains and a tribute to Australia s poets who immortalised so much of our land. The Girl from Snowy River combines passion, heartbreak, history and an enduring love and rich understanding of our land. It continues the grand saga that began with A Waltz for Matilda. Praise for A Waltz for Matilda: this absorbing saga abounds in social and historical detail Magpies.
12 yrs+
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