Bibliograph

The wearing of the green [Kiosk], Claire Saxby

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Label

The wearing of the green [Kiosk], Claire Saxby

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The wearing of the green [Kiosk]

Responsibility statement

Claire Saxby

Summary

A powerful historical novel exploring themes of racism, classism and gender expectations present in a growing nation. 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

Target audience

adolescent

Classification