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In this wrenching, exquisite coming-of-age novel, Friday discovers what makes a family--and a home. Friday Brown has never had a home. She and her mother live on the road, running away from the past instead of putting down roots. So when her mom succumbs to cancer, the only thing Friday can do is keep moving. Her journey takes her to an abandoned house where a bunch of street kids are squatting, and an intimidating girl named Arden holds court. Friday gets initiated into the group, but her relationship with Arden is precarious, which puts Friday--and anyone who befriends her--at risk. With the threat of a dangerous confrontation looming, Friday has to decide between returning to her isolated, transient life, or trying to help the people she's come to care about--if she can still make it out alive.

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In her American debut novel, Australian Wakefield reveals herself to be a master of madness and suspense, rivaling such authors as Adele Griffin and Neal Shusterman....Wakefield's writing is gorgeous. She renders the Australian setting, from the slanted platforms at the train station to the red dust of the outback, with visceral detail, and her characters are disturbing, yet sketched with deep compassion for their lonely, wounded hearts.--Starred Review, Booklist

Deeply satisfying and surprisingly upbeat. --Listener (Australia) The themes and subject matter may be dark...but this is far from being a novel without hope. --Australian Book Review Full of elegiac beauty and intelligent insights...this is a stunning contribution to young-adult fiction. --Bookseller+Publisher Magazine Wakefield's characters are one of the strengths of this young adult novel. They are diverse, compelling, multi-dimensional, loveable, despicable....believable. --Dominion Post Weekend (Australia) This is a pull-no-punches story about learning the truth and growing up, full of the preciousness of friendship and love. --Herald Sun (Australia) Mesmerizing, embroidered with terrifying webs of intrigue and haunted by ghosts. --Magpies Magazine (Australia) In her American debut novel, Australian Wakefield reveals herself to be a master of madness and suspense, rivaling such authors as Adele Griffin and Neal Shusterman....Wakefield's writing is gorgeous. She renders the Australian setting, from the slanted platforms at the train station to the red dust of the outback, with visceral detail, and her characters are disturbing, yet sketched with deep compassion for their lonely, wounded hearts.--Starred Review, Booklist

Wakefield s characters are one of the strengths of this young adult novel. They are diverse, compelling, multi-dimensional, loveable, despicable .believable. --Dominion Post Weekend (Australia)

Mesmerizing, embroidered with terrifying webs of intrigue and haunted by ghosts. -- Magpies Magazine

Author Information

Vikki Wakefield is the author of three award-winning novels: In-between Days, Friday Never Leaving, and All I Ever Wanted. She lives in Adelaide, Australia. Visit her at VikkiWakefield.com.

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