Between us
Atkins, Clare2018
Book
Is it possible for two very different teenagers to fall in love despite high barbed-wire fences and a political wilderness between them?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?
Main title:
Between us / Clare Atkins.
Author:
Atkins, Clare, author
Work:
Imprint:
Carlton, VIC : Schwartz Publishing, 2018.©2018
Collation:
275 pages ; 20 cm.
Awards:
Children’s Book Council Awards 2019Winner Book of the Year: Older Readers CBCA 2019
ISBN:
9781760640217176064021297817438202161743820216
Dewey class:
JF
Language:
English
BRN:
465132