In 1941 a hundred people leave Australia for a landfall in the Pacific to wait for the world to be redeemed from the evils of Hitler and the Second World War. The effect on the five teenagers that accompany them is devastating
Analysis
Children's stories in English Australian writers, 1945- - Texts
Notes
Children's stories in English. Australian writers,. 1945- - Texts (BNB/PRECIS)
For children
Audience
Juvenile
Notes
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature: Children's Literature, 1986 winner
Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers, 1984 finalist