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'Edie, a young Aboriginal girl, and Anglo-Australian Maggie live in a small country town and are best friends, but they're so different. Maggie is good at school, but Edie always struggles. No matter how hard she studies, she can only scrape a pass. And although the girls promised each other that together they would change the world, Maggie suddenly gets the chance to leave school and earn money. It is the biggest challenge yet to their friendship. Edie's mother has left her and her younger brother Matty in the care of their grandmother and grandfather - Auntie and Pop. They are good substitute parents: tough and wise, but loving. So far Edie has escaped the big black government cars that have come for many of the indigenous children in the town, but in PAPER BAGS AND DREAMS, the cars finally catch up with her. It is only Edie's strength and willingness to defend the parenting she has been given that saves the family from being torn apart. The stand-alone sequel to WHISPER PAPER BAGS AND DREAMS is a heartwarming portrait of friendship and reconciliation.' (Publication summary)
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Sequel to Whisper.
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Works about this Work
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[Review] Paper Bags and Dreams
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 18 no. 3 2004; (p. 31)
— Review of Paper Bags and Dreams 2004 selected work short story -
[Review] Paper Bags and Dreams
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 48 no. 4 2004; (p. 31)
— Review of Paper Bags and Dreams 2004 selected work short story -
Shorts: Children's Books
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 October 2004; (p. 20)
— Review of Paper Bags and Dreams 2004 selected work short story ; Isabella's Secret 2004 single work picture book ; Hover Car Racer 2004 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Paper Bags and Dreams
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 19 no. 3 2004; (p. 41)
— Review of Paper Bags and Dreams 2004 selected work short story
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[Review] Paper Bags and Dreams
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 19 no. 3 2004; (p. 41)
— Review of Paper Bags and Dreams 2004 selected work short story -
Shorts: Children's Books
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 16 October 2004; (p. 20)
— Review of Paper Bags and Dreams 2004 selected work short story ; Isabella's Secret 2004 single work picture book ; Hover Car Racer 2004 single work children's fiction -
[Review] Paper Bags and Dreams
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 48 no. 4 2004; (p. 31)
— Review of Paper Bags and Dreams 2004 selected work short story -
[Review] Paper Bags and Dreams
2004
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 18 no. 3 2004; (p. 31)
— Review of Paper Bags and Dreams 2004 selected work short story