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'Their lives couldn't be more different, but Emmie can't help liking Bertha Schippan. She's funny and knowing and wild, and she distracts Emmie from the monotony of farm life in their tiny, isolated community. But, as Emmie soon discovers, Bertha has secrets. Terrible secrets.
'This heartbreaking story is based on a real crime that took place more than a century ago, capturing headlines all around Australia.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Based on the murder of Bertha Schippan in a farmhouse outside Towittan, in early 1902.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 54 no. 3 2010; (p. 37)
— Review of A Girl Like Me 2010 single work novel -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 24 no. 3 2010; (p. 31-32)
— Review of A Girl Like Me 2010 single work novel -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 18 no. 2 2010; (p. 24)
— Review of A Girl Like Me 2010 single work novel -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 25 no. 2 2010; (p. 42)
— Review of A Girl Like Me 2010 single work novel -
Justice For Bertha
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 April 2010; (p. 12-15)
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Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 25 no. 2 2010; (p. 42)
— Review of A Girl Like Me 2010 single work novel -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 18 no. 2 2010; (p. 24)
— Review of A Girl Like Me 2010 single work novel -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 24 no. 3 2010; (p. 31-32)
— Review of A Girl Like Me 2010 single work novel -
Untitled
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 54 no. 3 2010; (p. 37)
— Review of A Girl Like Me 2010 single work novel -
Justice For Bertha
2010
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 April 2010; (p. 12-15)
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Last amended 29 Jan 2021 09:08:59
Settings:
- Rural,
- ca. 1902
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