Wish me gone
By (Author) D j Blackmore
Rhiza Press
Rhiza Edge
7th September 2022
Australia
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism
Childrens / Teenage fiction: School stories
Paperback
256
Width 134mm, Height 203mm, Spine 16mm
224g
A heritage listed home in the Riverina is up for grabs and Isabellas Mum falls hopelessly in love. Isabella feels the pinch of new shoes in another school and feels she the only one in town whos being stepped upon. Yet it seems the new immigrant family who come to pick oranges at the orchard become a target for intolerance too. But when her brother Abel takes leave from the Army barracks to disappear without a trace, the familys tree-change plummets them into their worst fears. As the hours march irrevocably on, hope is the only weapon they posses, as each of them learn that a hero is made, not born.
An advocate for simple living, D. J. Blackmore is a beekeeper and enjoys creating bespoke yarns at the spinning wheel. She has reared Border collies, milked cows and made cheese. But for as long as she can recall, she has been wrapped in the arms of stories