Life is really tough in the camp, even tougher in the corrective boarding school she's sent to, but all the while Sloe is aware of the destiny she must one day fulfil. An accident leaves her with a severe limp. When she gets older she goes off to school and has to change her name to the more common 'Sloe'. But then one day her mum shows her some 'magic' and Rosita's life takes on new meaning. Rosita is a lonely little girl as her mum has to work hard in her workshop all day making nails. It's a prison camp, but there's no need for wire fences or high security - there's nowhere to escape to. She's too little to really understand what's going on, but she and her mum are shown to a small bare hut with a concrete floor, a place for a bed, and a workshop. Rosita has no idea what has happened to her Dadda. Rosita is a little girl of about 4 years old, and she and her mum arrive at a settlement camp way out in the wilderness on the back of a tractor. A futuristic fantasy, set in a time where, due to climate change, much of the world is covered in snow and ice for most of the year, thawing for just a short time - just enough time to grow some essential fruit and veg.
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