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'Sima and her family are pressed to the rough, cold ground among fifty others. They lie next to the tall fence designed to keep them in. The wires are cut one by one.
'When they make their escape, a guard raises the alarm. Shouting, smoke bombs, people tackled to the ground. In the chaos Sima loses her parents.
'Dad told her to run, so she does, hiding in a school and triggering a lockdown. A boy, Dan, finds her hiding in the toilet block.
'What should he do? Help her? Dob her in? She's breaking the law, but is it right to lock kids up? And if he helps, should Sima trust him? Or run?
'THIS MOMENT, THESE DECISIONS, WILL CHANGE THE COURSE OF THEIR LIVES. ' (Publication summary)
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Works about this Work
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Trust and Strength
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7 September 2019; (p. 24)
— Review of Promise Me Happy 2019 single work novel ; Detention 2019 single work novel ; As Happy as Here 2019 single work novel ; Sensitive 2019 single work children's fiction ; My Father's Shadow 2019 single work novel'Vulnerable teens face illness, life with absent, careless or abusive families, and even incarceration. Despite such hardships, most of the characters in the five Australian young adult novels under review here today choose to trust others. They cultivate kindness and hope, traits that help them grow up braver and stronger.' (Introduction)
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Trust and Strength
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7 September 2019; (p. 24)
— Review of Promise Me Happy 2019 single work novel ; Detention 2019 single work novel ; As Happy as Here 2019 single work novel ; Sensitive 2019 single work children's fiction ; My Father's Shadow 2019 single work novel'Vulnerable teens face illness, life with absent, careless or abusive families, and even incarceration. Despite such hardships, most of the characters in the five Australian young adult novels under review here today choose to trust others. They cultivate kindness and hope, traits that help them grow up braver and stronger.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 2020 winner YABBA — Fiction Years 7-9
- 2020 winner KOALA Awards — Fiction for Years 7-9
- 2020 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards — Children's Book Award
- 2020 shortlisted REAL Awards — Fiction for Years 7-9
- 2020 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Books