Tag: young adult

  • Young Adult novel – Convictions – coming soon

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    Judith’s new novel, Convictions, set in 1842 on board an all female convict ship bound for Van Diemen’s Land (Australia), is to be released by Coteau Books in April 2016. Fourteen-year-old Jennie Lawrence’s life is bad enough in 1842 England, but when she’s convicted of stealing food to help feed her family, her situation turns…

  • Convictions to appear in 2016

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    Judith Silverthorne
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    Judith’s first Young Adult novel, Convictions, will be published by Coteau Books in Spring 2016. Convictions takes readers on a voyage aboard an all female convict ship headed for Australia, in 1842. Fourteen-year old Jennie, convicted of stealing a sack of moldy oats, must come to terms with her new reality as she rubs shoulders with…