Night Ride Into Danger by Jackie French
About Jackie French
Jackie French is an author, historian and wombat negotiator from the Araluen Valley who draws her adventures from stories of the past, and has lived in many of the ways her ancestors did, 200 or even 20,000 years ago, and still practices a few of them. She has also been Australian Children’s Laureate, Senior Australian of the Year and is a passionate advocate of the power of a book to change a child’s life, or change the world. For further information:
A Quote from Jackie French
“Adventures in the past are safe - close the cover and the danger is over. But with every work of historical fiction we gain resilience as we relive the challenges our ancestors survived. We also learn that change is inevitable, and not to fear it. Our ancestors survived ice ages, wars, pandemics - and eventually every tyranny has faded, and even pandemics passed, conquered with only quarantine and kindness. History provides the most powerful gift of hope.”
About Night Ride Into Danger
Six mysterious passengers and seven dark secrets. Who can be trusted?
It’s a dark and dangerous journey for the Cobb and Co night mail coach, but when his coach-driver father is injured, young Jem Donovan must take the reins.
Surely a boy like Jem can’t handle a team of four horses and guide the coach on a rough bush track through fog and untold dangers?
But there are six passengers on the coach tonight, each with a secret.
And if Jem can’t get them all to their destination by morning, the seventh secret could be deadly …
