Summary
A heartbreaking novel of raw survival and hope, and the children society likes to forget. Stone Girl is the powerful and moving story of Sophie, who becomes a ward of the state.
Winner of the 2019 Readings YA Book Prize.
An unspeakable event changes everything for Sophie. No more Mum, school or bed of her own. She’s made a ward of the state and grows up in a volatile world where kids make their own rules, adults don’t count and the only constant is change.
Until one da…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143785613 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143785613 |
| Author: | Eleni Hale |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 30 April 2018 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 128mm x 197mm |
| Audience Age: | 14 |
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Eleni Hale
Eleni Hale was a reporter at the Herald Sun, a communications strategist for the union movement and has written for many print and online news publications. Her short story fig was published as part of the ABC’s In their branches project and she has received three Varuna awards. She lives in Melbourne, and is currently working on her second book. Stone Girl is her first novel.
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