Description - The Ratcatcher's Daughter by Pamela Rushby
A remarkable story about a little - known tragedy in Australian history. 'A brilliant and richly evocative insight into a fascinating and little - known aspect of our past.' Jackie French, Australian Children's Laureate It's 1900. Thirteen - year - old Issy McKelvie leaves school and starts her first job - very reluctantly - as a maid in an undertaking establishment. She thinks this is about as low as you can go. But there's worse to come. Issy becomes an unwilling rat - catcher when the plague - the Black Death - arrives in Australia. Issy loathes both rats and her father's four yappy, snappy, hyperactive rat - killing terriers. But when her father becomes ill it's up to Issy to join the battle to rid the city of the plague - carrying rats. Ages 10+
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