Deepwater
By: by Judith O'Neill
Publisher: Hamilton Children's
Published: 1987
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9780241123621
Subjects: Australian fiction; For children; Droughts; Fiction
Description: The year is 1914, the outbreak of World War I and the start of a severe drought throughout the state of Victoria (in Australia) which was to bring many of the settlers to the brink of ruin. Both the War and the drought are seen through the eyes of a 14-year-old Australian girl Char, living in the small farming community of Deepwater. The themes of the ruse of anti-German feeling within the community, the hardships faced by the settlers and their eventual realisation of the tragedy of the War combine with the varied and often humorous episodes of everyday life at Deepwater to make a powerful and many-layered novel.
Notes: For adolescents.