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ISBN: 0-553-49505-4 • 978-0-553-49505-8
PRICE: $6.50/$8.99 Can.
ON SALE: 3/11/2008
Trim Size: 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 • Pages: 272
Carton Count: 48 • Ages: 12 Up
Format: Mass Market
Order Form Category: Young Adult Fiction
Territory: US, Canada, Open Market
All Rights: Harper Collins Australia
Originally published in hardcover by
Knopf Books for Young Readers in 2006
EAN: 9 780553 495058
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202 • YOUNG ADULT PAPERBACK
An unforgettable story about three best
friends in their last year of high school.
Leaving Jetty Road
REBECCA BURTON
“A PERCEPTIVE, quietly powerful piece about friendship. Nat, Lise and Sofe
are in their last year of high school, with exams and decisions looming
large. . . . Burton paints settings, characters and relationships with a sweet
and poignant freshness.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Burton does an effective job of weaving the symptoms and personality
characteristics of anorexia into an absorbing story about the tug and pull
of old friendships as a teen’s world expands. An afterword about anorexia
concludes this well-written, never-didactic novel.”—Booklist
“Burton skillfully captures universal doubts and insecurities that are a part
of growing up as both girls struggle with obsessions. . . . Although
psychologically intense, the book remains optimistic, hinting in the end
that the girls will overcome their obstacles even as they choose different
paths.”—Publishers Weekly
“Avoid the temptation of classifying this simply as an “anorexia” book; it’s
much more.”—School Library Journal
This is Rebecca Burton’s first novel. She lives in Australia.