A fast-paced contemporary thriller in the vein of James Patterson and Anthony Horowitz set against the bustling backdrop of Hong Kong, Vietnam, and the border of China. This heart-pounding adventure takes place as two teens, an American teenage boy and his friend, a Chinese girl from his Washington,
Nine Days
โ Scribed by Jordan, Toni
- Book ID
- 108414442
- Publisher
- The Text Publishing Company
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 196 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781922147691
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โฆ Synopsis
Inspired by a wartime photograph , Nine Days is an incredibly moving story spanning three generations of one Australian family.
It is 1939 and although Australia is about to go to war, it doesn't quite realise yet that the situation is serious. Deep in the working-class Melbourne suburb of Richmond it is business--your own and everyone else's--as usual. And young Kip Westaway, failed scholar and stablehand, is living the most important day of his life.
Kip's momentous day is one of nine that will set the course for each member of the Westaway clan in the years that follow. At the heart of all their stories is Kip, and at the centre of Kip's fifteen-year-old heart is his adored sister Connie. They hold the threads that will weave a family.
In Nine Days Toni Jordan has harnessed all the spiky wit, compassion and lust for life that drew readers in droves to Addition and Fall Girl. Ambitious in scope and structure,...
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