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 O Caledonia - Elspeth Barker
 O Caledonia - Elspeth Barker ... circumstances and mores of Scotland of the forties and fifties, cause the bizarre death of a young girl.Newest Review: ... move North to the isolated Auchnasaugh, where Janet spends the remainder of her sixteen-year life. Her dad sets up a boys ... more ... school there and Janet is the one girl in the entire student body. Naturally this leads to much tea
sing, especially when she hits puberty. But she is perfectly happy there and loves Auchnasaugh; despite the creepy Gothic hints about the house and its wild, remote surroundings. She spends her days riding her horse over the hills, and reading everything from the Ballad of Sir Patrick Spens to Macbeth. Then she is forced to go to a boarding sch...more |
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O Caledonia - Elspeth Barker: Bright and beautiful (1276 words)
by - written on 15/03/02 (Very useful, 1381 readings)
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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 ... Read the complete review
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