![]() This is the story of a young girl for whom the maps and pathways she has known throughout her childhood are all changing. One of the refugees, a single, pregnant woman who is having a particularly hard time, becomes a focus for Winifred. Set on the Mornington Peninsula in 1999, this heartfelt story is partly based on the real-life ‘Operation Safe Haven’ which temporarily resettled six thousand Kosovar refugees from the former Yugoslavian war zone into places around Australia, including Point Nepean. Not only are there many challenges on the home front, but Winifred is also becoming aware of injustices that are occurring all over the world and on home soil. While he’s teaching his class about contour lines and drumlins he’s also showing them that geography is about what makes us human and how we can become better people. ![]() ![]() Luckily, she has one of the most wonderful schoolteachers in Mr Khouri, who is so smart and encouraging that he makes geography seem like the most fascinating subject on the planet. She not only needs to get along with her stepbrother Sam at home, but he’s also in her class at school. Her adopted dad has a new wife, she has a new stepbrother, and a baby is on the way. ![]() Eleven-year-old Winifred is going through a tough year. ![]()
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