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Issue Details: First known date: 2002... 2002 Skating the Edge
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'This story centers on Caitlin who, after blowing her academic scholarship and freaking out her family, is sent to Bayview, a psychiatric hospital for adolescents. Here she meets the beautiful Anna, who everyone loves. But, as Caitlin is soon to discover, Anna has a secret that will soon change everything. Uncompromisingly acute in its depiction of the painful passage from adolescence to adulthood, Skating the Edge is a gripping read that will resonate with the reader long after the book is closed.' (Publication summary)

Affiliation Notes

  • Writing Disability in Australia

    Type of disability Mental illness (various).
    Type of character Primary.
    Point of view Unconfirmed.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Fremantle, Fremantle area, South West Perth, Perth, Western Australia,: Fremantle Press , 2002 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 364p.
      ISBN: 1863683798

Works about this Work

Golden Girls Put Through Hoops Jenny Pausacker , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 March 2003; (p. 10)

— Review of The Losers' Club Carol Jones , 2003 single work novel ; Too Flash Melissa Lucashenko , 2002 single work novel ; Skating the Edge Julia Lawrinson , 2002 single work novel
Untitled Margot Nelmes , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 46 no. 3 2002; (p. 25)

— Review of Skating the Edge Julia Lawrinson , 2002 single work novel
Untitled Joyce Michael , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 16 no. 3 2002; (p. 36-37)

— Review of Skating the Edge Julia Lawrinson , 2002 single work novel
Skating the Edge by Julia Lawrinson Ruth Starke , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 10 no. 3 2002; (p. 31)
Untitled Jane Connolly , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 17 no. 3 2002; (p. 42)

— Review of Skating the Edge Julia Lawrinson , 2002 single work novel
Untitled Margot Nelmes , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 46 no. 3 2002; (p. 25)

— Review of Skating the Edge Julia Lawrinson , 2002 single work novel
Golden Girls Put Through Hoops Jenny Pausacker , 2003 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 March 2003; (p. 10)

— Review of The Losers' Club Carol Jones , 2003 single work novel ; Too Flash Melissa Lucashenko , 2002 single work novel ; Skating the Edge Julia Lawrinson , 2002 single work novel
Light in Dark Places Brett D'Arcy , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 24 August 2002; (p. 15)

— Review of Skating the Edge Julia Lawrinson , 2002 single work novel
Untitled Jane Connolly , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 17 no. 3 2002; (p. 42)

— Review of Skating the Edge Julia Lawrinson , 2002 single work novel
Untitled Joyce Michael , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 16 no. 3 2002; (p. 36-37)

— Review of Skating the Edge Julia Lawrinson , 2002 single work novel
Skating the Edge by Julia Lawrinson Ruth Starke , 2002 single work criticism
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 10 no. 3 2002; (p. 31)
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