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Robertson, Deborah (Teacher),

Before George / Deborah Robertson. - Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. Huia Publishers. 2023 - 410 pages ; 21 cm

Novel for young adults.

"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.

ISBN: 9781775507291 1775507297

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Teenagers--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Juvenile fiction.
Family secrets--Juvenile fiction.
Identity (Philosophical concept)--Juvenile fiction.
Country life--New Zealand--Fiction.
Rural schools--New Zealand--Juvenile fiction.
Railroad accidents--New Zealand.--Juvenile fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New Zealand.--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Young adult fiction.
Young adult fiction, New Zealand.
Historical fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: NZ823.3