After

by Sue Lawson · 2009

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CJ has been banished to the country to live with his grandparents. His attempt to fade into the background at his new school is thwarted when Luke Bennett, a boy suffering from a brain injury, befriends him. Here he learns that no matter how hard you try to run from the past it is always right there in front of you, waiting.

Genre
literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisAustraliaAustraliaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adult
Length
medium · 288 pages

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