New York: Greenwillow Books, (1979) dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical adventure novel for older children by this award-winning writer, set in the mid-nineteenth century in the Australian backwoods. Seth, his older brother, has gone to market leaving Cuthbert (called Custard), strange and slow-witted as the sole protector of their mother and disabled sister - but Cuthbert notices strangers in the woods, and realizes that they are in danger. 177 pp. ISBN: 0-688802249.