Bibliograph

Child convicts, Net Brennan

Type

Label

Child convicts, Net Brennan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

portraitsillustrationsmaps

Index

index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 8 to 12

resource.interestGradeLevel

Grades 3 to 7

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Child convicts

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

903634653

Responsibility statement

Net Brennan

Summary

"In eighteenth-century Britain, children as young as seven were tried in court as adults for crimes such as picking pockets or stealing clothes. If convicted, they could be sentenced to death or transported to the then-perilous and isolated colonies of Australia, where life was often as difficult and dangerous as it was in Britain. But transportation also meant opportunity for the lucky few. Child Convicts is about the lives of these young prisoners who were forever changed because of transportations, including the boy who became the first person hanged in Australia and the girl whose likeness is now on the nations' twenty-dollar note. This is their story: one of nation-building and one of survival."--Jacket flap

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification