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'See, what happened was, our lives were going really well. My mum got a promotion, I enrolled in an A-list school, and then my Dad had this great idea to start an empire. But now he's "gone to the country". What does that mean? Is it the same place they take old, sick dogs? Has he joined a cult? It's been two months now, and I still don't know what it means.
'Declan, the boy next door, says that my dad's in hospital, but everyone's dying as far as Declan is concerned. Now there are strange people living in our spare rooms, and all my stuff is on the lawn. I've tried to raise it with my mum, but she talks to me as if I am a four-year-old - when she talks to me at all, which is less and less lately. Hello! Can somebody please tell me what's going on?' (Publisher's blurb)
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[Review] Girl Next Door
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 53 no. 2 2009; (p. 30)
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[Review] Girl Next Door
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 23 no. 2 2009; (p. 17)
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[Review] Girl Next Door
2009
single work
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— Appears in: Buzz Words , 1 February no. 52 2009; (p. 37-38)
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[Review] Girl Next Door
2009
single work
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— Appears in: The Newsletter of the Australian Centre for Youth Literature , May no. 1 2009; (p. 19)
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[Review] Girl Next Door
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 24 no. 1 2009; (p. 39)
— Review of Girl Next Door 2009 single work novel
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[Review] Girl Next Door
2008
single work
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— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , Summer 2008-2009 vol. 88 no. 5 2008; (p. 53)
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Books
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 21 February 2009; (p. 26)
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Worth Triple-A Rating: For Anxiety, Amnesia, Austerity
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 March 2009; (p. 12)
— Review of Girl Next Door 2009 single work novel -
Off the Shelf : Young Adult Fiction
2009
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— Appears in: The Age , 21 March 2009; (p. 26)
— Review of Girl Next Door 2009 single work novel -
Negotiating Hardships
2009
single work
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— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 310 2009; (p. 59-60)
— Review of Girl Next Door 2009 single work novel ; Somebody's Crying 2008 single work novel