In 1791, after being transported to Australia in the first shipment of convicts, Mary Bryant, her husband, two children, and seven other convicts, unable to endure the terrible conditions of the penal colony, organize a daring escape in an open boat.
Related: Australia, Historical Fiction, Oceania, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
- ISBN: 9780439403276
- Author: Hausman, Gerald and Loretta
- Published: 2003
- Themes: Children, Escape, transportation
- Descriptors: Australia, Historical Fiction, Oceania, Young Adult (ages 14-18)