'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.
'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)
'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)
