11 Ruby Road: 1900
Charlotte Barkla
11 Ruby Road: 1900
Charlotte Barkla
Dorothy and her family have moved to the city, and life is very different to the rural one she has known. Ruby Road is bustling - full of families and children, horse-drawn carts and even a mysterious dog. Best of all her new home has a secret writing room that only she knows about.
There are many reasons for her family's move, but Dorothy has her own plans. She has to settle into a new school, make new friends and find an ingenious way to help the suffragists in their fight for women's right to vote! Perhaps her secret writing room holds the answer.
Join Dorothy and the inhabitants of 11 Ruby Road in 1900, as Federation is dawning and a new century begins.
Review
Alexa Dretzke
The ‘olden days’ hasn’t featured often in Australian middle-grade fiction in the last few years.
Except for Jackie French’s recent books, the Our Australian Girl series, and Katrina Nannestad’s wonderful Silver Linings at the end of last year, it has been slim pickings. Therefore, 11 Ruby Road is a pleasing addition.
In 1900, the McIntyre family has moved closer to the city into a house and shop Great Aunt Mildred owns. The middle girl of six, Dorothy at 10 years old plans to be a writer but, then again, she may be an actress. But what she definitely is, is proactive, a touch impetuous, and, in school, outspoken; all in all, she is fun.
With her friend George, Dorothy writes a play featuring herself as an actress, and she also compels the local children to join the cast. However, just before the performance, she decides to rewrite the play to focus on the suffragettes’ plight. Her mother and aunt have struggled to interest the women of the community about procuring the right to vote and Dorothy wants to help. The outcome is heartwarming. I look forward to the next in the series set in the same house in 1925. This is a terrific read for ages 9–12.
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