My name is Lizzie Flynn by Claire Saxby and Lizzy Newcomb

Words that expand vocabulary:

sluice

banish : The women were banished to the other side of the world.

clustered : ‘I creep up to the deck where women are clustered, stitching.’

brig : The main character wishes they would keep “big Martha” in the brig until they reach shore.

shroud

douse : She douses herself in sea water

sluice : She sluices the stench from her clothes with seawater

Phonetic words:

• quilt (q and u stick like glue) qu-i-l-t
• escorted (es-cort-ed)
• laundry (uses the phonogram ‘au’)
• howls (uses the phonogram ow)

Use of simile : ‘The women are squabbling like seagulls.’

‘I feel good until I see her stitches, neat and tidy like a baby’s eyelashes. Mine look like someone has thrown kindling wood, all higgledy-piggledy. And the cloth puckers like Big Martha’s mouth.’

Use of metaphor : ‘The past is a misted memory.’