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'Teens! Everything's black or white. No greys. Everyone believes they are invincible -- or useless. Who hasn't thought, 'that won't happen to me'? Well it happens to Debbie, Rocket, Kylie, and Steven -- a stolen car, a high-speed chase, a crash. There lives are put on hold ...except Stephen. He has no life.This novel doesn't flinch from portraying the reality and harshness of juvenile detention centers; the hope and despair, the fairness and inequity. It also addresses many fundamental issues: the nature of offense, peer pressure, death, loyalty and friendship, self-image, hopelessness and suicide. A compelling read with a shocking climax.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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This work is the same story told from two different perspectives. Each author has written one perpective.
Contents
- Cabin 34, single work novel young adult
- In the Chainman's House, single work novel young adult
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Untitled
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 13 no. 2 1999; (p. 14-15)
— Review of Hard Time 1998 selected work novel -
Untitled
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 13 no. 4 1998; (p. 37)
— Review of Hard Time 1998 selected work novel -
Untitled
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 42 no. 4 1998; (p. 26)
— Review of Hard Time 1998 selected work novel -
Slice of Life Fiction
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 203 1998; (p. 41-42)
— Review of Hard Time 1998 selected work novel ; In the Chainman's House 1998 single work novel ; Cabin 34 1998 single work novel
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Untitled
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 42 no. 4 1998; (p. 26)
— Review of Hard Time 1998 selected work novel -
Untitled
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 13 no. 4 1998; (p. 37)
— Review of Hard Time 1998 selected work novel -
Untitled
1999
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 13 no. 2 1999; (p. 14-15)
— Review of Hard Time 1998 selected work novel -
Slice of Life Fiction
1998
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 203 1998; (p. 41-42)
— Review of Hard Time 1998 selected work novel ; In the Chainman's House 1998 single work novel ; Cabin 34 1998 single work novel