Sarah leads a hard & lonely life in the orphanage, in Irel&. Until one day, she is given some news. She is old enough to set sail to the Australian colony of New South Wales for a new job & a new life, as a free immigrant. The long sea journey to Australia is a different experience for Sarah. She happily learns how to sew & read for the first time, but there’s also seasickness, storms & quarrels with Maggie. Will Sarah be able to make a successful life for herself in her new home of Sydney? Sapphire level titles provide a selection of stories & non-fiction titles chosen for their range of content, narrative & points of view. This level encourages readers to form opinions & discuss their own reading tastes. PM Guided Reading Fiction books are engaging stories that increase in word count & pages in line with progression of children’s reading age, for appropriate literacy skills development. The books represent all the standard text types & include a number of literal, inferential & applied knowledge comprehension questions. pm-gr-books pm-new-2017 pm-2017 pm 19-offer