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A Little Bush Maid
A Little Bush Maid by Mary Grant Bruce

• Author:

Mary G. Bruce

• Year Written:

1910

• Nationality:

Australian

• Genre:

Historical Fiction

• Cover Artist:

TBA

• Voice Actor:

TBA

• Recorded by:

TBA

• Length:

TBA

ANTICIPATED RELEASE: 2010

Have you discovered the teen years to be among the most dynamic, enjoyable, thought-provoking, and inspiring times in a young person's life? We believe they are and select our TEEN AUDIOBOOKS to encourage these listeners to even greater confidence in themselves and awareness of the world around them. Having passed the test on generations of teens (now fully grown and parents in their own right), these stories will captivate, amuse, and encourage readers and non-readers alike. Enough bad press for teens...these significant years should be celebrated!

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Iota writing with pen Kalliope's Review
 "Avago at this delightful book from down under that is a beaut! It sure gives a fair dinkum taste of life in the out back before the turn of the century.  A good read for girls, they will love eleven year-old Norah, who has no mum but who lives with her father and older brother, Jim. Along with two of Jim's school mates, these jackaroos are wholesome, responsible blokes who love their horses, their pets, and their freedom. I'm chuffed to offer this yarn and your ears will be flapping when listening to it, by jingoes. Ta!"   ~ Kalliope
Iota reading Short Book Summary
 Written by Mary Grant Bruce in 1910, the book is considered influential in forming concepts of Australian national identity.  Characterized by vivid descriptions of the beauties and dangers of the Australian landscape, and humorous, colloquial dialogue, her books also champion the quintessentially "Australian Bush" values of independence, hard physical labor for women and children as well as for men, and Bush hospitality.
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      "Norah's home was on a big station in the north of Victoria--so large that you could almost, in her own phrase, "ride all day and never see any one you didn't want to see"; which was a great advantage in Norah's eyes. Not that Billabong Station ever seemed to the little girl a place that you needed to praise in any way. It occupied so very modest a position as the loveliest part of the world! The homestead was built on a gentle rise that sloped gradually away on every side; in front to the wide plain, dotted with huge gum trees and great grey box groves, and at the back, after you had passed through the well-kept vegetable garden and orchard, to a long lagoon, bordered with trees and fringed with tall bulrushes and waving reeds."

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“Don't worry about the world coming to an end today.
It is already tomorrow in Australia.”

~Charles M. Schulz ( 1922 - 2000 )