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Jones, Zach,

Growing Up in Flames / Zach Jones. - Melbourne, VIC : Text Publishing, 2022. - 240 pages : 20 cm.

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"Kenna's mother Ava was killed in a bushfire not long ago. Now Kenna's living with her uncle and his young family in the small town where Ava grew up, and she feels like an intruder. Noah's mother has a mental illness that makes him both carer and jailer - constantly watchful, keeping things on an even keel. One night Kenna sees the general store on fire, and a boy standing watching as it burns. It takes her a while to notice he's holding a petrol can, but then things move fast. She's tackled him and run off with his bag before she even knows what's happened. The bag belongs to Noah, and he really wants it back. Kenna wants something too. To make someone else burn the way her mum did. And there's something she doesn't know: how Noah can help her find out the truth about her family"--Publisher's description.

ISBN: 9781922458360 1922458368

Source: NLApp99566 Australian Prepublication Data Service

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mothers--Death--Fiction.
Children of mentally ill mothers--Fiction.
Arson--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Dysfunctional families--Fiction.
Family secrets--Fiction.
Country life--Australia--Fiction.

Subjects--Index Terms: Australian

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Young adult fiction.
Australian fiction--21st century.
Thrillers (Fiction)

Dewey Class. No.: A823.4