Thursday's Child (Hartnett novel)
2000 novel by Sonya Hartnett / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thursday's Child is young adult novel by the Australian writer Sonya Hartnett, published in 2000 by Penguin Books. Set during the 1930s Great Depression in Australia, it features a young woman Harper Flute and her family, who live in poverty. It won the annual Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel.[2]
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Author | Sonya Hartnett |
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Language | English |
Genre | Realist young-adult novel |
Publisher | Penguin Books |
Publication date | 31 August 2000 |
Publication place | Australia |
Media type | Print (paperback) |
Pages | 223 pp (first edition) |
ISBN | 978-0-14-029732-4 |
OCLC | 248050261 |
LC Class | PZ7.H267387 Th 2000[1] |
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Following its publication by Walker Books in the U.K., Hartnett won the 2002 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a once-in-a-lifetime book award judged by a panel of British children's writers.[3][4]