Notes

149 p.
ill.
New Zealand author. "Heinemann." Offers teachers and students questions to discuss the novel on inside folded back cover.
Summary: The town of Bassorah lies at the edge of the Hinterland, a vast, desert-like plain lorded over by the tyrant Herit. Fourteen years ago a baby, Vancy, was left at the edge of Bassorah by a mysterious silver dog. Now she is fourteen, Vancy is determined to find out the truth behind her birth, but that means venturing out into the Hinterland.