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'Seventeen-year-old Friday Brown is on the run—running to escape memories of her mother and of the family curse. And of a grandfather who'd like her to stay. She's lost, alone and afraid.

'Silence, a street kid, finds Friday and she joins him in a gang led by beautiful, charismatic Arden. When Silence is involved in a crime, the gang escapes to a ghost town in the outback. In Murungal Creek, the town of never leaving, Friday must face the ghosts of her past. She will learn that sometimes you have to stay to finish what you started—and often, before you can find out who you are, you have to become someone you were never meant to be.'

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Text Publishing , 2012 .
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      Image courtesy of Text Publishing
      Extent: 334p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: 22 August 2012.
      ISBN: 9781921922701 (pbk.), 9781921921469 (ebk.)
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Hot Key Books ,
      2013 .
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      Extent: 320p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 4th July 2013.
      ISBN: 9781471401350
Alternative title: Friday Never Leaving
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Simon and Schuster ,
      2013 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 336p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 10th September 2013.
      ISBN: 9781442486522 (hbk)
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Simon and Schuster ,
      2014 .
      image of person or book cover 2252279595399819317.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 336p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 9th September 2014.
      ISBN: 9781442486539 (pbk), 9781442486553 (ebk)

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Young Adult 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Good Reading , May 2014; (p. 64)

— Review of Friday Brown Vikki Wakefield , 2012 single work novel
Friday Brown by Vikki Wakefield Wendy Fitzgerald , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , November 2013;

— Review of Friday Brown Vikki Wakefield , 2012 single work novel
[Review Essay] Friday Brown Sam Franzway , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 73 no. 1 2013; (p. 256-259)

— Review of Friday Brown Vikki Wakefield , 2012 single work novel
Old Kids on the Block Take Titles Angie Schiavone , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17-18 August 2013; (p. 32) The Age , 17 August 2013; (p. 29) The Canberra Times , 17 August 2013; (p. 20)
Reality Check for Young Readers Katharine England , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 13 April 2013; (p. 27)
[Review Essay] Friday Brown Kate Summers , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , June/July vol. 91 no. 9 2012; (p. 26)

— Review of Friday Brown Vikki Wakefield , 2012 single work novel
[Review Essay] Friday Brown Sophie Splatt , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , September no. 344 2012; (p. 74)

— Review of Friday Brown Vikki Wakefield , 2012 single work novel
[Review Essay] Friday Brown Tali Lavi , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 27 no. 4 2012; (p. 45)

— Review of Friday Brown Vikki Wakefield , 2012 single work novel
In Short : Fiction Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 October 2012; (p. 26) The Saturday Age , 27 October 2012; (p. 32) The Sydney Morning Herald , 27-28 October 2012; (p. 36)

— Review of Friday Brown Vikki Wakefield , 2012 single work novel
For Kids and Teens Brittany Vonow , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 20 - 21 October 2012; (p. 22)

— Review of Friday Brown Vikki Wakefield , 2012 single work novel
Five Reach Kids' Book Shortlist Deborah Bogle , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 10 April 2013; (p. 24)
Reality Check for Young Readers Katharine England , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 13 April 2013; (p. 27)
Old Kids on the Block Take Titles Angie Schiavone , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17-18 August 2013; (p. 32) The Age , 17 August 2013; (p. 29) The Canberra Times , 17 August 2013; (p. 20)
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