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John Marsden

1996122 pagesabout 2–3 hours
1996
first published
  • 1996Pan Macmillan Australia · 123 pages · ENGISBN 9780732908379
  • 1998Houghton Mifflin · 122 pages · ENGISBN 9780395857540
  • 2000Laurel Leaf · 128 pages · ENGISBN 9780440228608
  • 2001Tandem Library · 122 pages · ENGISBN 9780613284424

Speaking from a mental hospital, a teenage girl recounts the tremendous media pressure that preceded the breaking scandal of her father's unethical business dealings.

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