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Be Counted: The Diary of Amy Phelps, Dunedin, 1893

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Be Counted: The Diary of Amy Phelps, Dunedin, 1893
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Janine McVeagh
SeriesMy Story
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:192
ISBN/Barcode 9781869438371
ClassificationsDewey:823
Audience
Children's (6-12)
Teenage / Young Adult

Publishing Details

Publisher Scholastic New Zealand Limited
Imprint Scholastic New Zealand
Publication Date 18 August 2007
Publication Country New Zealand

Description

Amy's father has fallen into the clutches of the 'demon drink' and, once a skilled jeweller, he is now an odd-job man who goes missing for days when he's 'on the booze'. The family is barely managing with mother's hard work. Aunt Delia and Uncle Joshua have offered 13-year-old Amy a chance at an education, if she comes and joins them in Dunedin. Amy is an aspiring artist, and it is too good a chance to turn down. Especially when she has the opportunity to meet the acclaimed woman artist Frances Hodgkins. In the hustle and bustle of big city Dunedin, Amy finds herself involved with the darker side of life through her friend Mary, who works in a sweatshop then goes missing. The backdrop to all this is Amy's observations of her Aunt's involvement with the Women's Christian Temperance Union, and the struggle to get women the vote.