South of darkness

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The work South of darkness represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

South of darkness

Statement of responsibility

John Marsden

Creator

• trueMarsden, John, 1950-

Author

• trueMarsden, John, 1950-

Subject

• trueTeenage boys
• trueHistorical fiction
• trueBotany Bay, New South Wales
• trueAustralian fiction
• true18th century -- 1701 -- 1800
• truePenal colonies
• Botany Bay (N.S.W.) -- Fiction
• trueOrphans
• Penal colonies -- New South Wales | Botany Bay -- Fiction
• trueAdventure stories
• Convicts -- New South Wales | Botany Bay -- Fiction
• truePrisoners
• Convicts -- New South Wales -- Fiction
• truePoverty

Genre

• Fiction
• trueAdventure stories
• trueHistorical fiction
• trueAustralian fiction

Language

eng

Summary

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

Cataloging source

ANL

Dewey number

823.3

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

no index present

Literary form

fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult