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'Seventeen-year-old Gwendolyn P. Pearson has become very good at not thinking about the awful things that have happened to her family. She has also become used to people talking about her dead mum. Or not talking about her and just looking at Gwen sympathetically. And it’s easy not to think about awful things when there are wild beaches to run along, best friends Loretta and Gordon to hang out with - and a stepbrother to take revenge on.
'But following a strange disturbance at the cafe where she works, Gwen is forced to confront what happened to her family all those years ago. And she slowly comes to realise that people aren’t as they first appear and that like her, everyone has a story to tell.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Other Formats
- Also large print.
- Also dyslexic edition
Works about this Work
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Eliza Henry Jones Interviewed by Allison Paterson
2021
single work
interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 36 no. 2 2021; (p. 8-10) 'Eliza Henry-Jones always knew that writing would be a big part of her life. After all, crafting a novel-length manuscript every year since she was fourteen is a sure sign of a dedicated writer.' (Introduction) -
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 -
Eliza Henry Jones Interviewed by Allison Paterson
2021
single work
interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , May vol. 36 no. 2 2021; (p. 8-10) 'Eliza Henry-Jones always knew that writing would be a big part of her life. After all, crafting a novel-length manuscript every year since she was fourteen is a sure sign of a dedicated writer.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 2019 longlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Book of the Year for Older Children
- 2019 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Older Readers
- 2019 longlisted Indie Awards — Young Adult
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