Echo in the Memory
Age 13+
Historical Fiction
What if memories never die? An evocative Australian YA novel about family, place, and how history has a way of weaving itself into our present.
What if memories never die?
When fifteen-year-old Will is sent away to stay with his grandparents in rural New South Wales, he finds the isolated farm strangely familiar; except the memories he’s channelling are not his own. But whose are they? And why does his grandfather share the same haunting link?
As two stories unfold, nearly 200 years apart, two boys exiled to what feels like the end of the earth struggle to find their identities and voices in the face of abandonment and tragedy.
A page-turning YA novel that explores the darker moments of our convict past and how they resonate today.
Creators
Cameron Nunn is an English and History teacher in Western Sydney, where he lives with his wife Belinda. He has a PhD from Macquarie University in child convicts and was awarded the NSW Premier’s History teacher’s scholarship to research child convicts in the archives in London. Echo in the Memory is the result of that research. Cameron’s first novel, Shadows in the Mirror is also available from Walker Books.
Reviews
Echo in the memory makes a good stimulus for discussing the lesser known history of our First Nations people who became refugees in their own land when the English colonized Australia. The superb characterization will make classroom discussion of Nunn’s specialty, Convict Children, both engaging and heartfelt…Recommended
ReadPlus
What an enjoyable read. This is a very original story…The writing is simply beautiful and the characters come alive in clear detail.
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