2002
First Published
3.50
Average Rating
58
Number of Pages
When Acacia, the beautiful daughter of a bankrupt landowner, falls in love with Okra, a young Aboriginal stockman, their love seems doomed. But the two are determined that nothing will keep them apart - not even the most tragic of consequences.
Avg Rating
3.50
Number of Ratings
6
5 STARS
17%
4 STARS
17%
3 STARS
67%
2 STARS
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Author
Libby Hathorn
Author · 23 books
Libby Hathorn is an Australian writer who produces poetry, picture books, drama, novels, short stories, and nonfiction for children, young adults, and adults. Best known in the United States for her critically acclaimed novel Thunderwith, Hathorn has created works ranging from serious stories of troubled youth to lighthearted, fast-paced comedies. She writes of powerful female characters in her novels for junior readers, such as the protagonists in All about Anna and The Extraordinary Magics of Emma McDade; or of lonely, misunderstood teenagers in novels such as Feral Kid, Love Me Tender, and Valley under the Rock. As Maurice Saxby noted in St. James Guide to Children's Writers, "In her novels for teenagers especially, Hathorn exposes, with compassion, sensitivity, and poetry the universal and ongoing struggle of humanity to heal hurts, establish meaningful relationships, and to learn to accept one's self—and ultimately—those who have wronged us."
