Tom Who Was Rachel
In “Tom who was Rachel” the author has described a large family of children living on an up-country station; and the story presents a faithful picture of the everyday life of the bush. Rachel (otherwise Miss Thompson, abbreviated to “Miss Tom,” afterwards to “Tom “) is the children’s step-sister; and it is her influence for good over the wilder elements in their nature that provides the real motive of a story for which all English boys and girls will feel grateful.