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'Her half-brother Coaby represents the hope and motivation Aeisha struggles to find to face each new day. The trouble is her mother has denied permission for them to see each other. The repercussion of her choice to live with her father was having unexpected consequences. Added to that, her recent diagnosis was complicating everything.
'Based on a true story, this is an account of a young girl struggling not just with family dysfunction but the all too prevalent challenge of adolescent depression.' (Publication summary)
Affiliation Notes
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Writing Disability in Australia
Type of disability Depression. Type of character Primary. Point of view Varied: occasionally shifts into stream-of-consciousness.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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[Review] Finding Coaby
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 55 no. 1 2011; (p. 36)
— Review of Finding Coaby 2010 single work novel
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[Review] Finding Coaby
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 55 no. 1 2011; (p. 36)
— Review of Finding Coaby 2010 single work novel
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