TY  - BOOK
AU  - Robertson, Deborah
TI  - Before George
SN  - 9781775507291
U1  - NZ823.3 23
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.
PB  - Huia Publishers.
KW  - Teenagers
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Families
KW  - Family secrets
KW  - Identity (Philosophical concept)
KW  - Country life
KW  - Fiction
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Rural schools
KW  - Railroad accidents
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Young adult fiction
KW  - Young adult fiction, New Zealand
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Novel for young adults
N2  - "When Marnya immigrates to New Zealand from South Africa in 1953 with her mother and sister, her mother cuts off Marnya's hair and changes her name to George to hide her identity as a girl. Hours later, their Christmas Eve train plummets into the Whangaehu River and George loses not only her family and name, but also the answers as to why her mother deceived her father and fled their homeland. Now a ward of the state, George finds herself enrolled in a rural school where survival depends on fitting in with a group of boys who think she's strange. Disconnected from everything that once defined who she was, George must reconstruct her identity and come to understand her mother's decisions"--Publisher's website
ER  -