Title Ballad for a mad girl / by Vikki Wakefield

Published Melbourne, Vic. : The Text Publishing Company, 2017

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MELB CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Wak/Bfa		AVAILABLE
W'PONDS CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Wak/Bfa		AVAILABLE
W'BOOL CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Wak/Bfa		AVAILABLE

Description 309 pages ; 20 cm regular print Summary Everyone knows seventeen-year-old Grace Foley is a bit mad. She's a prankster and a risk-taker, and she's not afraid of anything-except losing. As part of the long-running feud between two local schools in Swanston, Grace accepts a challenge to walk the pipe. That night she experiences something she can't explain. The funny girl isn't laughing anymore. She's haunted by voices and visions-but nobody believes a girl who cries wolf. As she's drawn deeper into a twenty-year-old mystery surrounding missing girl Hannah Holt, the thin veil between this world and the next begins to slip. She can no longer tell what's real or imagined-all she knows is the ghosts of Swanston, including that of her own mother, are restless. It seems one of them has granted her an extraordinary gift at a terrible price. Everything about her is changing-her body, her thoughts, even her actions seem to belong to a stranger. Grace is losing herself, and her friends don't understand. Is she moving closer to the truth? Or is she heading for madness? Analysis Australian Audience For young adults Notes Children's Book Council of Australia Shortlist, 2018 Subject Australian fiction -- 21st century. Australian fiction. Families -- Fiction. Families -- Juvenile fiction. Families -- Young adult fiction Life change events -- Fiction. Life change events -- Juvenile fiction. Life change events -- Young adult fiction Paranormal fiction -- Young adult fiction Spirits -- Fiction. Teenage girls -- Fiction. Teenage girls -- Juvenile fiction. Teenage girls -- Young adult fiction Spirits -- Young adult fiction Young adult fiction, Australian. Young adult fiction. Families -- Fiction. Ghosts -- Fiction. Life change events -- Fiction. Teenage girls -- Fiction. Genre/Form Fiction. ISBN 1925355292 9781925355291

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