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'Amanda Clarke is dead.
'Her body was found floating facedown by the riverbank, and no one knows what happened. As rumours fly and fear grows, it seems that everyone suspects Lyndon, one of Amanda's friends. He's known for his temper, his cruelty and his criminal family - and now the police want to talk to him.
'It's the end of summer, 1973, the heat is enough to melt asphalt and a sleepy riverside suburb is losing some of its innocence. Fifteen-year-old Winter went to the same school and hung out in the same places as Amanda. As she finds herself alone in trying to defend Lyndon, Winter learns that you can never really know someone - and the answers she has been looking for are closer than she has ever wanted to believe.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Tourists to the Dark Side
2011
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— Appears in: Australian Book Review , April no. 330 2011; (p. 62-63)
— Review of Darkwater 2010 single work novel ; This Is Shyness 2009 single work novel -
[Review] Darkwater
2010
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— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 54 no. 4 2010; (p. 32)
— Review of Darkwater 2010 single work novel -
[Review] Darkwater
2010
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— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 18 no. 4 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of Darkwater 2010 single work novel -
Growing up with Murder
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 September 2010; (p. 25)
— Review of Darkwater 2010 single work novel -
Summer's the Season for Good Retro Mystery
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 September 2010; (p. 41)
— Review of Darkwater 2010 single work novel
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[Review] Darkwater
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 89 no. 9 2010; (p. 40)
— Review of Darkwater 2010 single work novel -
Dark Deeds down by the River
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 July 2010; (p. 24-25)
— Review of Darkwater 2010 single work novel -
Off the Shelf : Young Adult Fiction
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 31 July 2010; (p. 27)
— Review of Darkwater 2010 single work novel -
[Review] Darkwater
2010
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 14 August 2010; (p. 26)
— Review of Darkwater 2010 single work novel -
[Review] Darkwater
2010
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— Appears in: Magpies :Talking About Books for Children , July vol. 25 no. 3 2010; (p. 42)
— Review of Darkwater 2010 single work novel
Awards
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1970s