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Scatterheart
second edition
by Lili Wilkinson

Cover of Scatterheart<br>
<small>second edition</small>

“Once upon a time, there was a girl called Scatterheart, who was selfish and vain, with a heart as fickle as the changing winds...”

Hanna Cheshire is rich and spoilt. She has servants to wait on her hand and foot — and Thomas, a passionate young tutor who fills her head with stories.

Then one day her father disappears, and she is left to fend for herself. Alone and penniless, she is sentenced to transportation for a crime she didn't commit.

Once Hannah considered Thomas beneath her: a servant, a commoner. Now she thinks of him more and more.

But will she ever see him again?

One girl‘s adventure to find happiness becomes a fairytale within a fairytale. A romantic story of power and love.

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Young adult fiction
Paperback 377pp
ISBN 9781742031293
World ex ANZ, United Kingdom, Germany rights available

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Reviews

I spent the whole book going, “if only she knew! Ahh, this is horrible, I wish she had said yes to Thomas cos he was a nice dude and she really was into him and she would have been okay.” So if you have ever felt this way, this book will make you confront it and it will make you cry. Not that I cried. Who moi?Okay, so I bawled my eyes out, what are you going to do? Deport me to Australia?
— Eliza Boans, leading lady in Shirley Marr's Fury

Scatterheart is a wonderful story that mixes reality with fantasy, and truth with illusion. It's a story that portrays the ignorance and selfishness of the wealthy and the harsh reality of life for the poor living in London and Australia in 1814. Scatterheart is a fairytale that's actual and realistic.
— Larissa Book Girl

Wilkinson’s writing is both inviting and capturing. She tells the story with informed detail. It is hard to believe that it is not the actual diary of a nineteenth century woman. It is the historical accuracy of this fiction that really makes a great read; it sounds as if it could have happened exactly as it is told. This book shows lots of morals about friendship and acceptance, while remaining full of excitement and adventure.
— Amber (Year 11), AEU News

It’s full of excitement and action, and a fascinating insight into our historical beginnings. It is a refreshing change from the twee fictional stories so often pitched at teenage girls
— The Courier-Mail

Scatterheart provides an insight into conditions and atrocities convict women had to cope with and will complement studies in Australian convict history.
— The Reading Stack

Brilliant... Wilkinson weaves the narrative together with great skill
— Sydney Morning Herald

Excellent
— Bookseller+Publisher

Wilkinson exploits her research to great effect. This is an engrossing adventure story made possible by the raw material at hand — the grisly reality of life for convict women in the penal colony... Hannah may be feckless but she’s brave and feisty as well and we follow her fortunes with keen interest
— The Age

Some reader reviews from Amazon UK
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