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The runaway settlers /

Locke, Elsie, 1912-2001.

The runaway settlers / Elsie Locke ; illustrated by Gary Hebley. - Christchurch, N.Z. : Hazard Press, 1993. - 175 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm

Novel for children. "First published jointly by [London] : Jonathan Cape and [Hamilton, N.Z.] : Blackwood & Janet Paul, 1965"--Title page verso. For 11-13 year-olds--Education Services, Wellington, N.Z.

The year is 1859, Elizabeth Small and her six children escape their abusive husband and father in Australia, making a new life for themselves in the fledgling colony of Canterbury, N.Z. Suggested level: intermediate.

ISBN: 0908790457 9780908790456

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Frontier and pioneer life--New Zealand --Juvenile fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Children's stories, New Zealand.

LC Class. No.: PR9687.L814R85 1993

Dewey Class. No.: 823.2

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