This is
an adventurous, fast moving middle grade historical fiction about survival,
second chances and searching for your place in the world.
As a young girl growing up in an unforgiving land,
Connie learns that sometimes good people need to do bad things to survive. When
her pioneering family travels to outback Queensland to try and rebuild their
lives, as their only surviving daughter, Connie struggles to fit into society’s
expectations of her.
The challenges keep mounting as the unforgiving
climate threatens their happiness. Devastating drought is followed by a
flood that wipes out their entire flock. And then Connie uncovers the real
reason behind why her father had to leave Scotland.
When her father's past finally catches up
with him, can Connie find the courage to find her own path forward and rewrite
the future for her family?
A
chapter book, this is aimed at readers aged 10+ years.
