![]() She gets trapped in the past with the Bow family who are from Orkney and are blessed with a gift for seeing across time and space. Abigail is from the present day Sydney (Late 1970s) and stumbles into the past into colonial times. It combines magic realism with historical fiction to create an enthralling world. Playing Beatie Bow is set in Sydney, in the historic Rocks district. Over a period of many months we snuggled together, often with my 5 year old son as well, as I read it aloud. I remembered loving the story but couldn’t remember much of what happens, particularly the old Orkney speech and the historical aspects of daily life in Sydney in the 1800s. My 7 year old daughter was reading Playing Beatie Bow by Ruth Park and not understanding a lot of it. ![]() ![]() Book Review – Playing Beatie Bow by Ruth Park – 5 stars ![]()
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