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A Waltz for Matilda (Matilda Saga, #1) - In 1894, twelve-year-old Matilda flees the city slums to find her unknown father and his farm. But drought grips the land, and the shearers are on strike. Her father has turned swaggie and he's wanted by the troopers. In front of his terrified daughter, he makes a stand against them, defiant to the last. ?You?ll never catch me alive, said he...? Set against a backdrop of bushfire, flood, war and jubilation, this is the story of one girl's journey towards independence. It is also the story of others who had no vote and very little but their dreams. Drawing on the well-known poem by A.B. Paterson and from events rooted in actual history, this is the untold story behind Australia?s early years as an emerging nation.


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Book Details

⚡️Book Title : A Waltz for Matilda (Matilda Saga, #1)
⚡Book Author : Jackie French
⚡Page : 479 pages
⚡Published December 1st 2012 by HarperCollins Australia (first published December 1st 2010)

A Waltz for Matilda (Matilda Saga, #1)

In 1894, twelve-year-old Matilda flees the city slums to find her unknown father and his farm. But drought grips the land, and the shearers are on strike. Her father has turned swaggie and he's wanted by the troopers. In front of his terrified daughter, he makes a stand against them, defiant to the last. ?You?ll never catch me alive, said he...? Set against a backdrop of bushfire, flood, war and jubilation, this is the story of one girl's journey towards independence. It is also the story of others who had no vote and very little but their dreams. Drawing on the well-known poem by A.B. Paterson and from events rooted in actual history, this is the untold story behind Australia?s early years as an emerging nation.