Silent train tracks,
shabby houses, adds for
golf clubs and sheep lice
medicine, rusty and
abandoned rubbish
Friendships and Relationships
Sadie has no new friends yet at school
Kids from school think she is a 'city snob'
Ellie is trying to
make new
friends at her
work
No time left over
for Sadie or house
maintenance
Dad (surname 'Brown') left
them
Sadie and Ellie's Relationship
Sadie hates Ellie
for taking her
away from her
friends and her
Melbourne life
Sadie wants to
'punish' Ellie by
being miserable
Sadie thinks Ellie talks but
never listens
Ellie doesn't care
about Sadie's
feelings
Ellie just
assumes
Sadie will love
Boort like she
did
Sadie's Feelings About Boort
Sadie thinks Boort is an old dump which
is stupid and annoying, and slightly
creepy and mysterious
She feels like she should think Boort is terrible
because she misses her Melbourne friends, school,
house and her old life, but Boort is somewhat
fascinating
War Memorial
Lots of names for a small town like Boort
Lots of Mortlock and Hazzard names tell Sadie
that her family (the Hazzards) is a part of Boort's
history and past, and so are the Mortlocks
The Crow
Seems to always be
watching Sadie, wherever
she is and wherever she
goes