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Set in Bougainville around the time of the civil war and afterwards, Matilda is in her early teens living with just her mother as her father has left to go and work in Townsville.
Mr Watts is the only white person in their area and appoints himself as the teacher of the local school. He explains that he doesn’t know the answer to everything and produces his only textbook: a copy of the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations and proceeds to read a chapter aloud every day. The story of ...more
Set in Bougainville around the time of the civil war and afterwards, Matilda is in her early teens living with just her mother as her father has left to go and work in Townsville.
Mr Watts is the only white person in their area and appoints himself as the teacher of the local school. He explains that he doesn’t know the answer to everything and produces his only textbook: a copy of the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations and proceeds to read a chapter aloud every day. The story of ...more
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