AustLit

The story of Ingeborg, a young Norwegian girl, who lives on a farm on the remote island of Draugoy, in the north. The Germans are beginning their invasion of Norway.

'Sorrel Pratt was the daughter of English parents who had come to the gold fields to seek their fortune, and though the fortune the Pratts finally acquired was real it was not founded on the precious yellow dust. Sorrel's impetuous romance with a boy her family disapproved of is movingly told.

The rough tent colonies of the gold fields; the excitement of those who struck it rich; the pioneers who farmed the wilderness "outback"; Australia's famous outlaw, Ned Kelly; the Chinese labourers; the growing middle class as cities sprang up and ship owners and greengrocers became rich overnight - all these are contrasted with life in Australia today as Debbie, a very modern girl, looking through some old family pictures of Sorrel Pratt and her family, rediscovers her own proud and adventurous history.' (Inside dust jacket)

I Can Jump Puddles is Alan Marshall's story of his childhood, a happy world in which, despite his crippling poliomyelitis, he plays, climbs, fights, swims, rides and laughs. His world was the Australian countryside early last century: rough-riders, bushmen, farmers and tellers of tall stories, a world held precious by the young Alan Marshall. (Source: Trove)