TY - BOOK AU - Locke, Elsie, TI - The runaway settlers SN - 0908790457 AV - PR9687.L814R85 1993 U1 - 823.2 20 PY - 1993/// CY - Christchurch, N.Z. PB - Hazard Press KW - Frontier and pioneer life KW - New Zealand KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Children's stories, New Zealand N1 - Novel for children; "First published jointly by [London] : Jonathan Cape and [Hamilton, N.Z.] : Blackwood & Janet Paul, 1965"--Title page verso; For 11-13 year-olds--Education Services, Wellington, N.Z N2 - The year is 1859, Elizabeth Small and her six children escape their abusive husband and father in Australia, making a new life for themselves in the fledgling colony of Canterbury, N.Z. Suggested level: intermediate ER -