Title The shadow girl / John Larkin

Published North Sydney, N.S.W. : Random House Australia, 2011 North Sydney, N.S.W. : Woolshed Press, 2011

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W'PONDS CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Lar/Sgi		AVAILABLE

Description 406 pages ; 20 cm regular print Summary The shadow girl never imagined she'd live on the streets. After her parents mysteriously disappear, life with her uncle and aunt takes a sinister turn. Terrified that the authorities will believe her uncle over her, she flees. She tricks her way into a new school and pretends to have a loving family. No one knows she sleeps in rail yards, sand dunes and abandoned houses. This story is a suspenseful tale of lost innocence, truth, lies and survival -- Cover Notes Inspired by a true story -- Cover Audience For teenagers Notes Shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, Prize for Young Adult Fiction, 2012 Subject Abandoned children -- Fiction. Abused children -- Fiction. Child abuse -- Fiction. Child abuse -- Juvenile fiction. Child abuse -- Young adult fiction Child abuse. Homeless children -- Conduct of life -- Fiction. Homeless girls -- Australia -- Fiction. Homeless girls -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction. Homeless persons -- Young adult fiction Survival -- Fiction. Survival -- Juvenile fiction. Survival -- Young adult fiction Suspense fiction -- Juvenile fiction. Suspense fiction -- Young adult fiction Suspense fiction, Australian. Young adult fiction. Runaways -- Fiction. Runaways -- Teenage fiction Genre/Form Thrillers (Fiction) Fiction. ISBN 9781864718751 (paperback)

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