| Escape from Botany Bay Contributor(s): Hausman, Gerald (Author), Hausman, Loretta (Author) |
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ISBN: 1617202037 ISBN-13: 9781617202032 Publisher: Irie Books OUR PRICE: $15.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Women - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - Australia & Oceania |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 6" W x 9" (0.64 lbs) 194 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Australian - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 71257 Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Condemned to a penal colony in Australia for stealing a woman's bonnet, young Mary Bryant braves every danger in Britain's newest colony, Australia -- disease, famine, rape, and the cruelty of the penal system. As the first convict married in Australia, Mary and her husband Will learn from aboriginal friends how to survive. In time they also learn how to escape. Traveling three months and three thousand miles, Mary's courageous feat is yet unequaled by a woman with two young children traversing rough seas for so many miles in an open boat without training or navigational equipment. Mary's capture, return to England and the curious trial that determines if she lives or dies is filled with drama, and all the more interesting for the portrait of her real-life attorney, James Boswell. |