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but would prefer something a bit more well written, try this Carnegie Award winning novel by New Zealand writer, Margaret Mahy. It is really fantastic and just a taste of what this writer has to offer.
From the Amazon website:
Product Description
"When three-year-old Jacko is stricken with a baffling illness, his teenage sister Laura, a 'sensitive,' is the only one to recognize that demonic possession is the true cause of his malady. . . . The beautiful characters grow with readers and the style is beautiful but ornate. An extraordinarily rich and sensitive novel."--School Library Journal, starred review. Winner of the Carnegie Medal; ALA Notable Book; ALA Best Book for Young Adults; School Library Journal Best Book of the Year; Booklist Editor's Choice.
The relationships also really nice in this, ie, between Laura and her brother, Laura and her mother etc. It just has a more grounded feel than the Twilight books, I think, and doesn't leave you feeling empty at the end. I also loved the New Zealand setting.
Anyone else remember the stink over these 'Sorry' t-shirts at the closing ceremony of the 2000 Olympics in Sydney? Amazing to think that just eight years on, the lead singer is now part of the Government that finally came out and said 'Sorry' to the Stolen Generation. Just underlines to me that these protests are worth making!
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