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Item Details
Title:
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NO WAY BACK
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By: |
Valerie Wilding |
Format: |
Paperback |
List price:
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£6.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
140711784X |
ISBN 13: |
9781407117843 |
Publisher: |
SCHOLASTIC |
Pub. date: |
5 January, 2012 |
Series: |
My Story |
Pages: |
144 |
Description: |
Mary Wade's story will take the MY STORY reader on a long and perilous journey, beginning in eighteenth century London's slums, taking in the Georgian criminal underworld, imprisonment in Newgate prison, and culminating in a voyage to Australia onboard a prison ship, after our heroine has been spared the ultimate penalty for her small crime. |
Synopsis: |
Join Mary Wade on a long and perilous journey that begins in the slums of eighteenth century London. Aged thirteen, Mary is imprisoned in Newgate prison awaiting sentence of death for a petty theft. When her sentence is commuted to transportation she sets sail onboard a prison ship to the other side of the world. Australia brings the promise of a new life, but does Mary have what it takes to make it in the land of opportunity? |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Scholastic |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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Book Level : 4.7
Interest Level : Middle Yrs
Points : 5
Quiz number : 223891
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