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'I'm in it good and proper, worse than sweeping out the tallest, muckiest chimney. But I learnt there are two sorts of kindness. One of them's nice to look at for a time, but it's rotten inside. The other one's true and honest, like the kind Helen gives.'
'Chimney sweep Ben escapes from a tyrannical boss, but his brave new life turns nasty and dangerous.
'Helen wants nothing more than to stay on the family farm in rural England. Then a devastating change strips her of everything she knows and loves.
'Amid their struggles, Helen and Ben leave England, bound for Australia. But before they even catch sight of their new land, they face a menace far worse than anything they met in the old country.
'A thriller set in the harsh 1830's by bestselling author David McRobbie.' (Publication summary)
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[Review] A Good Arriving
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 22 no. 3 2008; (p. 42)
— Review of A Good Arriving 2008 single work novel -
[Review] A Good Arriving
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 52 no. 4 2008; (p. 36)
— Review of A Good Arriving 2008 single work novel -
[Review] A Good Arriving
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 23 no. 4 2008; (p. 42)
— Review of A Good Arriving 2008 single work novel -
Centre Selection
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , no. 2 2008; (p. 23)
— Review of A Good Arriving 2008 single work novel -
[Review] A Good Arriving
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 16 no. 3 2008; (p. 41)
— Review of A Good Arriving 2008 single work novel Shuttleworth describes A Good Arriving as a 'detailed believable and vivid portrait of England in the early nineteenth century'. He comments that it is a 'story about the ability to endure and overcome adversity' but that the move from 'social realism to gothic' may ultimately have been a missed oportunity to say something further about our past.
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[Review] A Good Arriving
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 16 no. 3 2008; (p. 41)
— Review of A Good Arriving 2008 single work novel Shuttleworth describes A Good Arriving as a 'detailed believable and vivid portrait of England in the early nineteenth century'. He comments that it is a 'story about the ability to endure and overcome adversity' but that the move from 'social realism to gothic' may ultimately have been a missed oportunity to say something further about our past. -
Centre Selection
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , no. 2 2008; (p. 23)
— Review of A Good Arriving 2008 single work novel -
[Review] A Good Arriving
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 23 no. 4 2008; (p. 42)
— Review of A Good Arriving 2008 single work novel -
[Review] A Good Arriving
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 52 no. 4 2008; (p. 36)
— Review of A Good Arriving 2008 single work novel -
[Review] A Good Arriving
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 22 no. 3 2008; (p. 42)
— Review of A Good Arriving 2008 single work novel
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