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'Is it possible for two very different teenagers to fall in love despite high barbed-wire fences and a political wilderness between them?
'Anahita is passionate, curious and determined. She is also an Iranian asylum seeker who is only allowed out of detention to attend school. On weekdays, during school hours, she can be a ‘regular Australian girl’.
'Jono needs the distraction of an infatuation. In the past year his mum has walked out, he’s been dumped and his sister has moved away. Lost and depressed, Jono feels as if he’s been left behind with his Vietnamese single father, Kenny.
'Kenny is struggling to work out the rules in his new job; he recently started work as a guard at the Wickham Point Detention Centre. He tells Anahita to look out for Jono at school, but quickly comes to regret this, spiraling into suspicion and mistrust. Who is this girl, really? What is her story? Is she a genuine refugee or a queue jumper? As Jono and Anahita grow closer, Kenny starts snooping behind the scenes…'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Works about this Work
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[Review] Between Us
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 33 no. 1 2018; (p. 40-42)
— Review of Between Us 2018 single work novel -
Conspiracy of Secrets : The Clamour and Comfort of Friends in Four YA Novels
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 405 2018; (p. 58-59)
— Review of Between Us 2018 single work novel ; Hive 2018 single work novel ; I Had Such Friends 2018 single work novel ; P is for Pearl 2018 single work novel
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Conspiracy of Secrets : The Clamour and Comfort of Friends in Four YA Novels
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 405 2018; (p. 58-59)
— Review of Between Us 2018 single work novel ; Hive 2018 single work novel ; I Had Such Friends 2018 single work novel ; P is for Pearl 2018 single work novel -
[Review] Between Us
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 33 no. 1 2018; (p. 40-42)
— Review of Between Us 2018 single work novel
Awards
- 2021 shortlisted West Australian Young Readers' Book Award — Older Readers
- 2020 shortlisted Festival Awards for Literature (SA) Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature South Australian Literary Awards — Young Adult Fiction
- 2020 IBBY Honour Diploma — Writing
- 2019 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Young Adults' Fiction
- 2019 winner CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Older Readers