A time-travel novel looking at family history, ghosts and Australia’s less glamorous past. Froggy ( so called because of the skin webbing between his toes) dreams he is drowning. His dreams lead him to Tad – the ghost of his relative who hid the family “treasure” to stop it from being lost in the smallpox epidemic of 1881. As Tad and his family arrive in Sydney from England, they are sent to the Quarantine station on the harbour where they endure horrific conditions and Tad’s stepmother and his father dies. Froggy must help Tad unravel the mystery that surrounds the family history and lay his ghost to rest. Highly entertaining mystery /historical novel to keep you guessing to the very end.
p.20 –24 Tad’s experiences in hospital.Up to “anything”.