This long-established and well-loved classic by renowned author Elsie Locke was first published in 1965, and now returns to print as a Collins Modern New Zealand Classic.

the year is 1859 and the Small family arrives in the Canterbury colony without a penny to their name. Mother and six children have a hard beginning to their new life - all the more since they are runaways from a cruel father and husband in Australia. But there are adventures ahead . . . this long-established and well-loved classic by renowned author Elsie Locke was first published in 1965.