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11+ British Books Challenge Carnegie Longlist 2011 Gregory Hughes New York orphans road trips

Unhooking the Moon

Gregory Hughes(Quercus) When their father dies unexpectedly, Marie-Claire (better known as the Rat) and her older brother Bob find themselves orphaned. Desperate not to be separated, they would rather walk from the Canadian prairies to downtown New York to find their only remaining family member, an uncle they have never met, than to be discovered and taken in by …

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7+ Australia Bristol British Books Challenge Brunel Carnegie Longlist 2011 mills ships social divide Sue Purkiss voyages workhouses

Emily’s Surprising Voyage

Sue Purkisswith illustrations by James de la Rue(Walker Books) Emily does not want to move to Australia and leave behind England and her beloved grandmother. So it is reluctantly that she comes aboard the famous SS Great Britain, which is docked in Liverpool, ready for the long journey to half-way round the world. But her assumptions …

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