A remarkable story about a little-known tragedy in Australian history.
It's 1900. thirteen-year-old Issy McKelvie leaves school and starts her first job - very reluctantly - as a maid in an undertaking establishment. She thinks this is about as low as you can go. But there's worse to come. Issy becomes an unwilling rat-catcher when the plague - the Black Death - arrives in Australia. Issy loathes both rats and her father's four yappy, snappy, hyperactive rat-killing terriers.
But when her father becomes ill it's up to Issy to join the battle to rid the city of the plague-carrying rats.
'A brilliant and richly evocative insight into a fascinating and little-known aspect of our past.' -- Jackie French, Australian Children's Laureate.
- ISBN:
- 9780732297138
- 9780732297138
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Category:
- General fiction (Children's / Teenage)
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
-
24-03-2014
- Publisher:
- HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
- Country of origin:
- Australia
- Pages:
- 240
- Dimensions (mm):
- 201x129x16mm
- Weight:
- 0.17kg
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