Title Sleeping dogs / Sonya Hartnett

Published Ringwood, Vic. ; New York : Viking, 1995

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB CRC	82J Har/Sdo		AVAILABLE
W'PONDS CRC	J Har		AVAILABLE

Description 129 pages ; 21 cm Summary The Willow family are trapped in a web of rural poverty, and the children learn to live with their father's violence and their mother's passivity as best they can. Eventually, the intervention of an outsider causes a murderous turn of events Notes CIP confirmed For young adults Audience For young adults Notes Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers, 1996 honour book Subject Artists -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction. Brothers and sisters -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction. Dysfunctional families -- Juvenile fiction. Dysfunctional families -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction. Family violence -- Juvenile fiction. Family violence -- Fiction. Incest -- Fiction. Incest -- Juvenile fiction. Mobile home parks -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction. Young adult fiction, Australian. Genre/Form Fiction. LC no. abn94264453 ISBN 0670860042 0670865036

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