Title Between us / Clare Atkins

Published Carlton, Vic : Black Inc., [2018] ©2018

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Description 275 pages ; 20 cm Summary Anahita is passionate, curious and determined. She is also an Iranian asylum seeker who is only allowed out of detention to attend school. On weekdays, during school hours, she can be a 'regular Australian girl'. Jono needs the distraction of an infatuation. In the past year his mum has walked out, he's been dumped and his sister has moved away. Lost and depressed, Jono feels as if he's been left behind with his Vietnamese single father, Kenny. Kenny is struggling to work out the rules in his new job; he recently started work as a guard at the Wickham Point Detention Centre. He tells Anahita to look out for Jono at school, but quickly comes to regret this, spiraling into suspicion and mistrust. Who is this girl, really? What is her story? Is she a genuine refugee or a queue jumper? As Jono and Anahita grow closer, Kenny starts snooping behind the scenes Analysis Australian Audience For secondary school age Notes Shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Award Subject Refugees -- Juvenile fiction. Detention of persons -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction. Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction. Iranians -- Australa -- Juvenile fiction Noncitizen detention centers -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction. Noncitizens -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction. Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction. Emigration and immigration -- Juvenile fiction. Teenagers -- Juvenile fiction. Young adult fiction. Emigration and immigration -- Fiction. Refugees -- Fiction. Interpersonal relations -- Fiction. Detention of persons -- Australia -- Fiction. Australian fiction. Emigration and immigration -- Fiction. Refugees -- Fiction. Interpersonal relations -- Fiction. SUBJECT Northern Territory http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81035353 -- Darwin -- Fiction Darwin (N.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80158845 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 Australia -- Emigration and immigration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007504 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 Darwin (N.T.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80158845 -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562 Wickham Point Detention Centre (N.T.) Subject Illegal immigration -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction. Genre/Form Young adult fiction Political fiction. Australian fiction Romance fiction. Political fiction. Romance fiction. Fiction. Novels. ISBN 9781760640217 (paperback)

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