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Is it possible for two teenagers to fall in love despite high barbed-wire fences and a political wilderness between them? Anahita is an Iranian asylum seeker who is only allowed out of detention to attend school. Jono needs distraction. In the past year, his mother has walked out, he's been dum...

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Main Author:	Atkins, Clare (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Carlton, Victoria : Black Inc., [2018]
Subjects:	Emigration and immigration > Fiction. Refugees > Fiction. Interpersonal relations > Fiction. Australian fiction. Detention of persons > Australia > Fiction. Young adult fiction. YOUNG ADULT FICTION > Diversity & Multicultural. YOUNG ADULT FICTION > People & Places > Australia & Oceania. YOUNG ADULT FICTION > Romance > Contemporary. YOUNG ADULT FICTION > Social Themes > Emigration & Immigration. Darwin (N.T.) > Fiction. Wickham Point Detention Centre (N.T.)

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Summary:	Is it possible for two teenagers to fall in love despite high barbed-wire fences and a political wilderness between them? Anahita is an Iranian asylum seeker who is only allowed out of detention to attend school. Jono needs distraction. In the past year, his mother has walked out, he's been dumped and his sister has moved away. Kenny is trying to work out the rules in his new job as a guard at Wickham Point Detention Centre. As Anna and Jono grow closer, Kenny spirals into mistrust and suspicion.
Physical Description:	275 pages : portrait ; 20 cm.
ISBN:	9781760640217 1760640212