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Reviewed on November 1, 2013 | Grades 9 and Up
Gr 8 Up—Seventy-six-year-old Hannah narrates this unusual tale about her childhood in the Tasmanian bush country. Her parents take her and their neighbor's daughter, Becky, on a picnic. A sudden storm strikes and they are swept into the flooding river. Hannah's parents are lost and the girls land stranded, battered, and disoriented on the shore. They find themselves under the careful watch of a tigress. The tigress and her mate-who recently lost their kits-foster the children, unemotionally but intentionally nudging the girls to survival. Six-year-old H...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2013
Hannah is only six when an accident leaves her and her friend Becky in the care of a pair of Tasmanian tigers, deep in th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More