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Johnny Kellock Died Today

It's a long, hot Halifax summer in 1959 and twelve-year-old R osalie N orman has a guilty secret. Her no-nonsense, authoritarian mother has broken her ankle—and it's all R osalie's fault. But news that Johnny, her teenaged cousin, has vanished pushes the accident from everyone's minds. As R osalie and David—her strange new neighbour— search the city for Johnny, R osalie discovers something about the love and the secrets that bind her family.

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A refreshing and talented new voice in young adult fiction, Hadley Dyer has received rave reviews, two awards and several nominations, as well as great sales for Johnny Kellock Died Today, her debut novel.

Audience
young adultchildrensmiddle grade
Length
short · 151 pages

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