LibGuides: English: Year of Wonders

Useful Links

GradeSaver: Year of Wonders Study Guide
This useful guide provides an outline of the themes and motifs of Year of Wonders.
LitCharts: Year of Wonders
From the creators of Sparknotes, LitCharts provides a detailed summary and exploration of the themes and symbols of Year of Wonders.
Penguin Random House: Year of Wonders Reader’s Guide
Includes a summary of the book, an interview with Geraldine Brooks and a list of discussion questions.

Articles about Year of Wonders

The Guardian review: Journal of a Plague Year
In this review Alfred Hickling is stunned by Geraldine Brooks' tale of the black death village that sacrificed itself for the health of a nation, Year of Wonders.
BookPage: Year of Wonders Review
In Year of Wonders, Geraldine Brooks eerily captures every aspect of life during the plague: the gruesomely painful death, the speed with which the disease spread and the superstitions surrounding it, which rivaled the plague itself for horror.

Video: Interview with Geraldine Brooks

Jennifer Byrne talks to one of Australia's most critically acclaimed and successful authors, Geraldine Brooks.

Production Year: 2011

Duration: 28:31

Year of Wonders Audiobook

Year of Wonders Audiobook
Access the digital audiobook of Year of Wonders, read by the author Geraldine Brooks.
PLEASE NOTE: You will need to enter a password in order to access the audio files. You can find the password at our Offsite Access Guide.
Password Information for Year of Wonders audiobook
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Books available in the NCC

Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
ISBN: 9781841154589
A young woman's struggle to save her family and her soul during the extraordinary year of 1666, when plague suddenly struck a small Derbyshire village.
Year of Wonders (eBook) by Geraldine Brooks
ISBN: 9780007390359
Geraldine Brooks's novel explores love and learning, fear and fanaticism, and the struggle of 17th century science and religion to deal with a seemingly diabolical pestilence. Year of Wonders is also an eloquent memorial to the real-life Derbyshire villagers who chose to suffer alone during England's last great plague.
Year of Wonders (audiobook) by Geraldine Brooks
ISBN: 9780142427668
Unabridged CDs, 11 CDs, 9 hours. Read by the author
Insight Text Guide: Geraldine Brooks' Year of Wonders by Virginia Lee
ISBN: 9781921088742
Insight study guides are written by experts and cover a range of popular literature, plays and films. Designed to provide insight and an overview about each text for students and teachers, these guides endeavor to develop knowledge and understanding rather than just provide answers and summaries.
Insight Comparisons: Arthur Miller's The Crucible & Geraldine Brooks' Year of Wonders by Virginia Lee
ISBN: 9781925316827
Insight Comparisons are the perfect resources for Area of Study 1: Reading and comparing texts in the new VCE English/EAL Study Design. Each title provides a comprehensive, in-depth guide to a pair of texts, including a detailed study of their key features and a close analysis of their shared ideas, issues and themes.