Astraea by
Kruimink, Kate
Astraea by Kate Kruimink - 115 page : illustration; 20 cm
It's the early 19th century and a small sailing ship with a cargo of convict women and their children is crossing the ocean to a penal colony. Among those trying to survive is a 15-year-old girl. After caring for her only friend who has poisoned herself, she discovers a kind of liberation within the confines of the ship, as she moves into her unknowable, distant future.
9781739570767
Social conflict -- Fiction
Survival at sea -- Fiction
823.92 KRU
Astraea by Kate Kruimink - 115 page : illustration; 20 cm
It's the early 19th century and a small sailing ship with a cargo of convict women and their children is crossing the ocean to a penal colony. Among those trying to survive is a 15-year-old girl. After caring for her only friend who has poisoned herself, she discovers a kind of liberation within the confines of the ship, as she moves into her unknowable, distant future.
9781739570767
Social conflict -- Fiction
Survival at sea -- Fiction
823.92 KRU