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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.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Works about this Work
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Trust and Strength
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7 September 2019; (p. 24)
— Review of Promise Me Happy 2019 single work novel ; Detention 2019 single work novel ; As Happy as Here 2019 single work novel ; Sensitive 2019 single work children's fiction ; My Father's Shadow 2019 single work novel'Vulnerable teens face illness, life with absent, careless or abusive families, and even incarceration. Despite such hardships, most of the characters in the five Australian young adult novels under review here today choose to trust others. They cultivate kindness and hope, traits that help them grow up braver and stronger.' (Introduction)
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Trust and Strength
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7 September 2019; (p. 24)
— Review of Promise Me Happy 2019 single work novel ; Detention 2019 single work novel ; As Happy as Here 2019 single work novel ; Sensitive 2019 single work children's fiction ; My Father's Shadow 2019 single work novel'Vulnerable teens face illness, life with absent, careless or abusive families, and even incarceration. Despite such hardships, most of the characters in the five Australian young adult novels under review here today choose to trust others. They cultivate kindness and hope, traits that help them grow up braver and stronger.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 2020 honour book KOALA Awards — Fiction for Years 7-9
- 2020 shortlisted REAL Awards — Fiction for Years 7-9
- 2020 longlisted Booksellers Choice Award BookPeople Book of the Year — Children's Book of the Year
- 2020 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Younger Readers
- 2020 shortlisted West Australian Young Readers' Book Award — Older Readers
