
Detention
Tristan Bancks(Author)
Random House Australia (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 2. July 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-14-379179-9 (ISBN)
Description
Sima and her family are pressed to the rough, cold ground among fifty others. They lie next to the tall fence designed to keep them in. The wires are cut one by one. When they make their escape, a guard raises the alarm. Shouting, smoke bombs, people tackled to the ground. In the chaos Sima loses her parents. Dad told her to run, so she does, hiding in a school and triggering a lockdown. A boy, Dan, finds her hiding in the toilet block. What should he do? Help her? Dob her in? She's breaking the law, but is it right to lock kids up? And if he helps, should Sima trust him? Or run? THIS MOMENT, THESE DECISIONS, WILL CHANGE THE COURSE OF THEIR LIVES.
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Language
English
Place of publication
North Sydney
Australia
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 11 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
174 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-379179-9 (9780143791799)
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Person
Tristan Bancks is a children's and teen author with a background in acting and filmmaking. His books include Two Wolves recognised as an Honour Book in the 2015 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards, as well as winner of the YABBA and KOALA Children's Choice Awards), the My Life series (weird-funny-gross short stories featuring Tom Weekly) and Mac Slater, Coolhunter. His short films as writer and director have won a number of awards and have screened widely in festivals and on TV. Tristan is excited by the future of storytelling and inspiring others to create.