It’s 1900. Thirteen-year-old Issy McKelvie leaves school and starts her first job - very reluctantly - as a maid in an undertaking establishment. She thinks this is about as low as you can go. But there’s worse to come. Issy becomes an unwilling rat-catcher when the plague - the Black Death - arrives in Australia. Issy loathes both rats and her father’s four yappy, snappy, hyperactive rat-killing terriers. But when her father becomes ill it’s up to Issy to join the battle to rid the city of the plague-carrying rats.
The Ratcatcher's Daughter by Pamela Rushby
About the Author
Pamela Rushby has had a long and distinguished writing career in the areas of advertising, journalism, screenwriting and children's books. She is currently a writer and producer of educational television, audio and multimedia for the Queensland Department of Education. Pamela lives in Brisbane.