Never Lose Hope
The Story of Australia's First School
- Hardcover
32 pages
- Release Date
27 March 2018
Summary
John is a child convict, transported to New South Wales for stealing a shirt. Life is grim in the fledgling colony and when food runs short, John once again has to steal to survive. Starving and alone, he is taken in by Australia’s first schoolteacher, Isabella Rosson. In her simple classroom, John learns to read and write and soon becomes her star pupil - until he is discovered by the soldiers and again sent away in chains.
Yet John never forgets Isabella’s lessons, the power of word…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780734416797 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0734416792 |
| Author: | Mark Wilson |
| Publisher: | Hachette Australia |
| Imprint: | Lothian Children's Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 27 March 2018 |
| Weight: | 470g |
| Dimensions: | 9mm x 260mm x 286mm |
| Audience Age: | 6-10 |
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Mark Wilson
Acclaimed author/illustrator Mark Wilson’s picture books include the war-themed series, MY MOTHER’S EYES: THE STORY OF A BOY SOLDIER (2009), ANGEL OF KOKODA (2010), VIETNAM DIARY (2013) and DIGGER, THE DOG WHO WENT TO WAR (2015). He has also written and illustrated MIGALOO, THE WHITE WHALE (2015), BETH: THE STORY OF A CHILD CONVICT (2016), NEVER LOSE HOPE: THE STORY OF AUSTRALIA’S FIRST SCHOOL (2018), EUREKA!: A STORY OF THE GOLDFIELDS (2019), RACHEL’S WAR: THE STORY OF AN AUSTRALIAN WWI NURSE (2020) and the art-themed books BEN & GRACIE’S ART ADVENTURE (2011) and INSIDE THE WORLD OF TOM ROBERTS (2012). His other titles include the Wilderness Society and Whitley Award-winning Extinction series I SAW NOTHING: THE EXTINCTION OF THE THYLACINE; I SAID NOTHING: THE EXTINCTION OF THE PARADISE PARROT and I DID NOTHING: THE EXTINCTION OF THE GASTRIC BROODING FROG and YELLOW-EYE (2002), which also won the Wilderness Society Award. EUREKA! A STORY OF THE GOLDFIELDS was the first children’s picture book to be longlisted for the prestigious Colin Roderick Award. Mark lives in Frankston, Victoria.
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