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Our History: Bold Ben Hall
Series: Our History
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A compelling historical fiction adventure, set during the Australian gold rush when daring, dangerous, and bold bushrangers were both feared and legendary. Award-winning author Sophie Masson asks what makes a hero, or a villain? Lily and her parents, who are travelling performers, are delayed in Canowindra,...
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A compelling historical fiction adventure, set during the Australian gold rush when daring, dangerous, and bold bushrangers were both feared and legendary. Award-winning author Sophie Masson asks what makes a hero, or a villain?
Lily and her parents, who are travelling performers, are delayed in Canowindra, just as famous bushranger Ben Hall and his gang—who have pulled off the biggest gold robbery ever—arrive. The gang holds everyone in town hostage, but instead of threats, they hold a strange, giant three-day party, and Lily is enthralled. She writes a secret play, Bold Ben Hall, and dreams of sending it to a famous theatre company in Sydney or Melbourne.
Meanwhile, in Forbes, stable boy Sam works for Sir Frederick Pottinger, Ben Hall’s nemesis. Sam dreams of helping Sir Fred to catch Ben Hall.
When Lily and Sam meet, the two are soon at loggerheads about their heroes, determined to prove the other wrong... and to try any means to do so!
A gripping and unusual adventure, set against a background of the hectic, action-packed atmosphere of the booming Gold Rush towns. It also asks important questions: what is a hero, what is a villain? And how do we separate fact from fiction?
Series: Our History
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Our History: Bold Ben Hall
A compelling historical fiction adventure, set during the Australian gold rush when daring, dangerous, and bold bushrangers were both feared and legendary. Award-winning author Sophie Masson asks what makes a hero, or a villain? Lily and her parents, who are travelling performers, are delayed in Canowindra, just as famous bushranger Ben Hall and his gang—who have pulled off the biggest...Paperback$2199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
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ISBN: 9781760658403
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 March 2025
Country: Australia
Imprint: Walker Books Australia
Audience: Children
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Width: 130.0mm
Height: 199.0mm
Weight: 181g
Pages: 240
About the Author
Sophie Masson is now the author of more than 50 novels for young people and specialise in historical fiction. Her work is published in many countries across the world. Sophie won the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards: Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children’s Literature for My Australian Story: The Hunt for Ned Kelly (2011). She lives in rural New South Wales with her husband and has three grown-up children. She is also the author of the recent best-selling adult novel, The Paris Cooking School, written under the name Sophie Beaumont.
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