When the Connells move into the run down old mining town of Hollybush Flat, they make a few friends but most of the town is unfriendly towards them because they are Irish, Catholic and poor, and their father is suspiciously absent
Analysis
Australian
Notes
First published: Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1980
Audience
For children
Notes
Commended, Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award, 1981