South of darkness /
Marsden, John, 1950-
South of darkness / John Marsden. - Sydney, New South Wales : Pan Macmillan Australia, 2014. - 376 pages ; 25 cm.
Thirteen-year-old Barnaby Fletch is a bag-and-bones orphan in London in the late 1700s. Barnaby lives on his wits and ill-gotten gains, on streets seething with the press of the throng and shadowed by sinister figures. Life is a precarious business. When he hears of a paradise on the other side of the world- a place called Botany Bay - he decides to commit a crime and get himself transported to a new life, a better life. To succeed, he must survive the trials of Newgate Prison, the stinking hull of a prison ship and the unknown terrors of a journey across the world. And Botany Bay is far from the paradise Barnaby has imagined. When his past and present suddenly collide, he is soon fleeing for his life - once again. A riveting story of courage, hope and extraordinary adventure.
9781743531563
Convicts--New South Wales--Botany Bay--Fiction.
Penal colonies--New South Wales--Botany Bay--Fiction.
Botany Bay (N.S.W.)--Fiction.
Adventure stories.
Historical fiction.
A823.3
South of darkness / John Marsden. - Sydney, New South Wales : Pan Macmillan Australia, 2014. - 376 pages ; 25 cm.
Thirteen-year-old Barnaby Fletch is a bag-and-bones orphan in London in the late 1700s. Barnaby lives on his wits and ill-gotten gains, on streets seething with the press of the throng and shadowed by sinister figures. Life is a precarious business. When he hears of a paradise on the other side of the world- a place called Botany Bay - he decides to commit a crime and get himself transported to a new life, a better life. To succeed, he must survive the trials of Newgate Prison, the stinking hull of a prison ship and the unknown terrors of a journey across the world. And Botany Bay is far from the paradise Barnaby has imagined. When his past and present suddenly collide, he is soon fleeing for his life - once again. A riveting story of courage, hope and extraordinary adventure.
9781743531563
Convicts--New South Wales--Botany Bay--Fiction.
Penal colonies--New South Wales--Botany Bay--Fiction.
Botany Bay (N.S.W.)--Fiction.
Adventure stories.
Historical fiction.
A823.3