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Hills Of Gold
Paperback Edition: 1
Hills of Gold is a richly-drawn historical novel for teens set in the turbulent industrial and political period of the early 1900s. Hills of Gold involves two parallel, yet interrelated stories.
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The first occurs in New Zealand at Waihis Martha mine at the time of
the mining strikes and is the tale of likeable, hardworking fourteen-year-old Russell Cooper, forced to step into his fathers boots when he succumbs to pthisis. The second parallel story tells of Russells uncle, John Anderson, an expert mining engineer, employed in Russia by the British owners of the Lena Gold Mining Joint Stock Company to quell unrest amongst the Russian peasant mine workers, and was inspired by the life of John Robinson, a forebear of the author. With vocabulary and style appropriate of the day, and covering issues such as developments in womens suffrage, the union movement, prohibition, even transport technology, Hills of Gold provides a colourful, and terrifyingly accurate, snapshot of the period. I expect history and social studies teachers will be grabbing for this novel as Leslie has a way of bringing the past to life, making Hills of Gold both an entertaining and provoking addition to the curriculum. Featured in the 29 March 2016 New Zealand Newsletter. Featured in the 29 March 2016 New Zealand Newsletter. Featured in the Autumnal Hues 2016 Teen Reads newsletter.
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Pages : 214
Publisher : Brent Leslie Books
Publication date : 2014
Subjects: Fiction, Children's & Young Adult, NZ Children's / Young Adult, NZ General Fiction (Children's / Young Adult), NZ Historical Fiction (Children's / Young Adult)