O Caledonia - Elspeth Barker

I had to read this book last year as part of my Higher English (being Scottish and all, we are supposed to study a Scottish text). Like all books I'm forced to study in college, I automatically decided I would hate it. But joy of all joys, the teacher had actually picked a book I like for once! O Caledonia is more than a Scottish text. It's more than a humorous novel, more than a murder novel. It's a fantastic tale of the short life of a very misunderstood little girl. The story centres on a young girl called Janet. In the prologue of the book we are told that she has been murdered. Then in chapter one we go back to the day she was born. Janet is ...