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Barney Bean is a young boy in early convict settlement Australia. His mother died at an early age and he must fight to stay alive in a harsh world of thieves and bullies who think nothing of taking a childs rations for themselves. He must also take care of a mute girl he found curled up against some rocks by the shore. One day he is saved by a young Indigenous girl who has been taken in to live with the colony’s first clergyman, Richard Johnson. What is to follow is both heart warming and breaking as Barney learns about love and friendship, maintaining a farm and the barriers created by those who do not understand. Jackie French is an amazing author and really captures the true Australian spirit in her writing. Based on fact, this book will be perfect for primary education on settlement life in Australia from a truly personal perspective.
