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Convictions

2016

It's 1842. 14-year-old Jennie Lawrence has been found guilty of stealing, and finds herself aboard one of the few women-only convict ships destined for Australia. Jennie had been desperate -- and, as she gets to know the other women on the convict ship -- she realizes she's not the only one. Many of the women she gets to know were trying to survive, and feed themselves and their families, before they were caught and sentenced to Australia. It's clear from the moment the ship sets sail that the conditions aboard are abhorrent -- women are sea sick and ill from the lack of good food and water, they are beaten if they disobey orders, and sleep brings no reprieve -- as bed bugs, rats, and other parasites attack them in the night. The only way for the women to survive the boat ride is if they band together. And so, with the help of her new family - Sarah, Bridget, and Alice - and other convicts, Jennie battles the jailers, the ship, and the sea. But will it be enough to set them free?
australia history great britain women prisoners fiction female offenders penal colonies convict ships penal transportation 18th century tasmania

Authors

Judith Silverthorne

Control Number Identifier
CaOOCEL
Description conventions
rda
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
jC813/.54
Dewey Decimal Edition Number
23
Distributor
Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
General Note
Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
Geographic Area Code
e-uk---
ISBN
9781550506532 9781550506525
LCCN
PR9199.3.S517666
LCCN Item number
C668 2016eb
Modifying agency
CaBNVSL
Original cataloging agency
CaBNVSL
Physical Description | Extent
1 electronic text (220 pages)
Published in
Regina, Saskatchewan
Publisher or Distributor Number
CaOOCEL
Rights
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
System Control Number
(CaBNVSL)thg00970969 (OCoLC)933542212 (CaOOCEL)451234
System Details Note
Mode of access: World Wide Web
Transcribing agency
CaBNVSL

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