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Three teenage girls from very different backgrounds find themselves sharing a hospital ward. When they witness a crime in the park below their window, they bond over trying to solve the crime and each one undergoes a profound change.
A beautiful coming-of-age story about identity, expectation, class, justice, society, fairness, and, above all, kindness.
'Fresh insights into friendship and family are spun through tangents into chance and randomness ... and music and its power to trigger memory and give a rhythm and pace to life. Injured Evie, in particular, learns how to grow and walk away stronger.' - Weekend Australian
'Such a richly delicious read and I wanted it never to end ... I am a true fan' Naomi Shihab Nye
Book Details
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ISBN: 9780734419231
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 23 July 2019
Country: Australia
Imprint: Lothian Children's Books
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 21.0mm
Width: 127.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 260g
Pages: 288
About the Author
Jane Godwin is the highly acclaimed and internationally published author of many books for children and young people, across all styles and ages. Children's Publisher at Penguin Books Australia for many years, Jane's books include her novels A Walk in the Dark (September 2022), Falling From Grace, As Happy as Here (a CBCA Notable Book) and When Rain Turns to Snow (shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers and for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards) and picture books Tilly, illustrated by Anna Walker, shortlisted for the CBCA Picture Book of the Year Award and The Best Hiding Place (illustrated by Sylvia Morris). Jane is dedicated to pursuing quality and enriching reading and writing experiences for young people, and spends as much time as she can working with them in schools and communities and running literature and writing programs.
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