I escaped the prison island / Juliet Fry, Scott Peters.
Material type:![Text](/opac-tmpl/lib/famfamfam/BK.png)
- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781951019358
- 1951019350
- 9781951019341
- 1951019342
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Fiction | I ESCAPE FRY | 12 | Available | 33111011030893 | ||||
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | I ESCAPE FRY | 12 | Available | 33111010937049 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
14-year old Thomas and his little brother Jem are unfairly accused of stealing and banished from England to a boy's prison on the other side of the world! But first they must survive a harsh journey by ship across the ocean to Australia and then to a remote island where conditions are even worse. When Jem becomes ill and threatened by bullies, Thomas must protect his little brother. Against all odds, he must find a way home. But the prison is surrounded by ocean filled with sharks, woods filled with strange animals and bandits. How will they ever escape?Based on true facts about the 1800's Point Puer boy's prison in Tasmania.Full of adventure-what's more exciting than a prison break?
"Based on true facts about the 1800's Point Puer boy's prison in Tasmania."--Page [4] of cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
The year is 1836 in dirty, crowded London. Thomas and his little brother Jem are unfairly accused of petty theft. They're banished from England to a boy's prison in Australia! But first, they must survive a harsh journey by ship across the ocean to a remote island where conditions are even worse. When Jem becomes ill and is threatened by bullies, Thomas must protect his little brother. Against all odds, he must find a way home. But the prison is surrounded by an ocean teeming with sharks, and the bushland is crawling with strange animals and bandits. How will they ever escape?