Hold My Hand and Run |
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Author:
| McAllister, Margaret |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-271769-6 |
Publication Date: | Apr 1999 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $16.95 |
Book Description:
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Set in 1628, this is a novel with the very modern theme of child abuse. Kazy Clare and her half-sister Beth are looked after by their old aunt, as their mothers are dead. She's a tyrant, and the beatings she gives them have turned little Beth from a lively, happy child into a terrified bundle. Their father can't or won't see the problem, so the children run away. But Kazy is not used to looking after herself and Beth without grown-ups to run things, and when Beth falls ill they cannot...
More DescriptionSet in 1628, this is a novel with the very modern theme of child abuse. Kazy Clare and her half-sister Beth are looked after by their old aunt, as their mothers are dead. She's a tyrant, and the beatings she gives them have turned little Beth from a lively, happy child into a terrified bundle. Their father can't or won't see the problem, so the children run away. But Kazy is not used to looking after herself and Beth without grown-ups to run things, and when Beth falls ill they cannot run any longer. Kazy knows about a place called Collywell Cross, a community of people who live together in an old monastery. Their path leads them to that place and to the solution it offers. Interest age 9+.