Sister heart / Sally Morgan
- Bib ID:
- 6816324
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Morgan, Sally, 1951 January 18-, author
- Description:
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- Fremantle, Western Australia: Fremantle Press, 2015
- ©2015
- 250 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
- ISBN:
- 9781925163131 (hardback)
- Summary:
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A young Aboriginal girl is taken from the north of Australia and sent to an institution in the distant south. There, she slowly makes a new life for herself and, in the face of tragedy, finds strength in new friendships.
- Notes:
- For children.
- Awards:
- Prime Minister's Literary Awards, childrens, winner, 2016.
- Subject:
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- Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Juvenile fiction
- Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Institutional care -- Juvenile fiction
- Novels in verse
- Government policy - Assimilation
- Child welfare - Child / parent separation
- Child welfare - Children's homes
- Race relations - Representation - Literature
- Literature and stories - Juvenile
- Western Australia (WA)
- Australian
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2015
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