'Title' Nanberry by Jackie French
Reviewed by Mrs Batley
Set in the new colony in Sydney Cove comes this delightful book by Jackie French. Nanberry, an Aboriginal boy is adopted by Surgeon John White. Together with his white brother, Andrew they grow up witnessing the struggles the colony has to endure and Nanberry continues to have memories of his past.
This is based on a true story and follows the lives of the two boys, who follow very different paths into the world. It is a story of love that seems to conquer all between a gentleman surgeon and a convict girl, saved from the death penalty.
A book that that I highly recommend giving one an insight into the beginnings of a great nation.
Set in the new colony in Sydney Cove comes this delightful book by Jackie French. Nanberry, an Aboriginal boy is adopted by Surgeon John White. Together with his white brother, Andrew they grow up witnessing the struggles the colony has to endure and Nanberry continues to have memories of his past.
This is based on a true story and follows the lives of the two boys, who follow very different paths into the world. It is a story of love that seems to conquer all between a gentleman surgeon and a convict girl, saved from the death penalty.
A book that that I highly recommend giving one an insight into the beginnings of a great nation.
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