Hazel is a 13 year old girl from an English aristocratic family who owe their wealth to a sugar plantation in the Carribbean which was won in a card game by a great grandfather. Gambling is still in the blood and when Hazel's father takes her to the Epsom Derby in 1913 she unwittingly witnesses suffragette Emily Davison throwing herself in front of the King's horse. This stimulates Hazel to find out more about the Suffragettes and precipitates action amongst her private school friends, including an older American girl, whose actions will not surprise you one bit.
As a result of the action Hazel is whisked off to the Caribbean to live on the sugar plantation in the Caribbean and there she finds out more about her own family than she really wants to know.
Julie Hearn cleverly links the actions in both settings for a very satisfying read for secondary school readers.
Reviewed by Bob
Published by Oxford University Press
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