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Author Godwin, Jane, 1964-, author

Title As happy as here / Jane Godwin
Published Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2019
©2019

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 MELB CRC  JUNIOR FICTION God/Aha  AVAILABLE
Description xii, 275 pages ; 20 cm
Summary Three teenage girls from very different backgrounds find themselves sharing a hospital ward. When they witness a crime in the park below their window, they bond over trying to solve the crime and each one undergoes a profound change. A beautiful coming-of-age story about identity, expectation, class, justice, society, fairness, and, above all, kindness
Analysis Australian
Notes Includes questions for discussion
"Two weeks can change everything". -- Front cover
"A Lothian children's book". -- Title page verso
12-16 years
Recipient of the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) award for Notable Australian Children's Books (Younger readers) for 2020
Subject Teenagers -- Juvenile fiction
Coming of age -- Juvenile fiction
Criminal investigation -- Juvenile fiction
Self-perception -- Fiction
Criminal investigation -- Fiction
Bildungsromans
Young adult fiction
Teenagers -- Fiction
Teenage girls -- Juvenile fiction
Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction
Life change events -- Juvenile fiction
Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction
Hospital patients -- Juvenile fiction
Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
Genre/Form Contemporary
Detective and mystery fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Young adult fiction
Bildungsromans.
Young adult fiction.
LC no. be2019027692
ISBN 9780734419231