11 Ruby Road: 1900

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Perfect period fiction for middle-grade girls - for fans of the Our Australian Girl series

It is 1900 and Dorothy and her family have just moved to a new house at 11 Ruby Road. Ruby Road is a busy street, bustling with activity - families and children, noisy carts and animals. The house is close enough to see the city and very different from the rural life Dorothy has known. Best of all it has a secret writing room that only she knows about!

Dorothy has big plans for her new neighbourhood - she wants to put on a play and write it herself! But there are other reasons for her family's move to the city and, as Dorothy starts to learn about her new house, she discovers more about the period of time she's growing up in.

Author Bio

Charlotte Barkla is a Brisbane-based writer who worked as a civil engineer and physics teacher before rediscovering her love for childrens literature. As well as writing for children, Charlotte writes feature articles for publications including the CSIROs Double Helix, Beanz magazine and Kookie magazine. She regularly visits schools for creative writing workshops, sharing her passion for science, creativity and stories with children of all ages. Charlottes books include All Bodies are Good Bodies (Hardie Grant Childrens Publishing, 2020), the Edies Experiments series (Penguin Random House, 2020) and From My Head to My Toes, What I Say Goes (Hardie Grant Childrens Publishing, 2022).

Charlottes books have been translated in multiple languages and short-listed for awards, and she has been the recipient of grants and mentorships for her fiction writing.