The schoolmaster's daughter / Jackie French.
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TextPublisher: Sydney, N.S.W. : Angus & Robertson, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: 364 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781460757710 (paperback)Other title: School master's daughterSubject(s): 1851-1901 | Families -- Fiction | Schools -- Fiction | Human rights -- Fiction | Slavery -- Fiction | Historical fiction | Secrecy -- Juvenile fiction | Racism -- Juvenile fiction | Australian fiction | Families | Human rights | Manners and customs | Schools | Slavery | Children's stories | Children's stories | Slavery -- Juvenile fiction | Families -- Juvenile fiction | Human rights -- Juvenile fiction | Schools -- Juvenile fiction | Australia -- History -- 1901-1914 -- Juvenile fiction | Australia -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction | New South Wales | New South Wales -- Social life and customs -- 1851-1901 -- Juvenile fiction | AUS historical fictionGenre/Form: Children's stories | Historical fiction | Fiction. | Historical fiction. | Juvenile works. | Young adult fiction | Young adult works. | Historical fiction. DDC classification: A823.4 Summary: 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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"A girl and a nation come of age" -- Cover.
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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