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'The setting: 1932, Razorhurst. Two competing mob bosses - Gloriana Nelson and Mr Davidson - have reached a fragile peace.
'Kelpie knows the dangers of the Sydney streets. Ghosts have kept her alive, steering her to food and safety, but they are also her torment.
'Dymphna is Gloriana Nelson's 'best girl'. She knows the highs and lows of life, but she doesn't know what this day has in store for her.
'When Dymphna meets Kelpie over the corpse of Jimmy Palmer, Dymphna's latest boyfriend, she pronounces herself Kelpie's new protector. But Dymphna's life is in danger too and she needs an ally. And while Jimmy's ghost wants to help, the dead cannot protect the living.
'Gloriana Nelson's kingdom is crumbling and Mr Davidson is determined to have all of Razorhurst - including Dymphna. As loyalties shift and betrayal threatens at every turn, Dymphna and Kelpie are determined to survive what is becoming a day with a high body count.' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: For Ruth Park and Kylie Tennant, who lived in and loved and wrote about Surry Hills decades before me, without whom this book would not exist.
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- Sound recording.
- Large print.
Works about this Work
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Review : Razorhurst
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Horn Book Magazine , March / April vol. 91 no. 4 2015; (p. 102)
— Review of Razorhurst 2014 single work novel -
Razorhurst by Justine Larbalestier
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 22 no. 2 2014; (p. 27)
— Review of Razorhurst 2014 single work novel -
Review : Razorhurst
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 29 no. 3 2014; (p. 42)
— Review of Razorhurst 2014 single work novel
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Review : Razorhurst
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 29 no. 3 2014; (p. 42)
— Review of Razorhurst 2014 single work novel -
Razorhurst by Justine Larbalestier
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Winter vol. 22 no. 2 2014; (p. 27)
— Review of Razorhurst 2014 single work novel -
Review : Razorhurst
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Horn Book Magazine , March / April vol. 91 no. 4 2015; (p. 102)
— Review of Razorhurst 2014 single work novel
Awards
- 2016 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for Writing for Young Adults
- 2016 shortlisted Festival Awards for Literature (SA) Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature South Australian Literary Awards — Young Adult Fiction
- 2015 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards — Griffith University Young Adult Book Award
- 2015 shortlisted Inky Awards — Gold Inky
- 2015 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Young Adult Book
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1932