Sarah is sixteen. After the death of her parents, on the ship coming to Western Australia, she finds herself alone with her baby brother in a strange but fascinating new land. Determined to make a new life, Sarah quickly falls in love with her home on the edge of the wilderness. Here, beside the river, she finds herself drawn towards the unknown, and into a deep and mysterious relationship with Bilu, an Aboriginal woman, and her son Warlu. River Child is an intensely moving story of adventure, love, tragedy and courage.
179 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. #020222