A remarkable story about a little-known tragedy in Australian history.
It's 1900. thirteen-year-old Issy McKelvie leaves school and starts her first job - very reluctantly - as a maid in an undertaking establishment. She thinks this is about as low as you can go. But there's worse to come. Issy becomes an unwilling rat-catcher when the plague - the Black Death - arrives in Australia. Issy loathes both rats and her father's four yappy, snappy, hyperactive rat-killing terriers.
But when her father becomes ill it's up to Issy to join the battle to rid the city of the plague-carrying rats.
'A brilliant and richly evocative insight into a fascinating and little-known aspect of our past.' -- Jackie French, Australian Children's Laureate.
By:
Pamela Rushby Imprint: Harper Collins Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 201mm,
Width: 129mm,
Spine: 16mm
Weight: 172g ISBN:9780732297138 ISBN 10: 0732297133 Pages: 256 Publication Date:24 March 2014 Recommended Age: From 10 years Audience:
Children/juvenile
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English as a second language
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
