8, 2022 An account of the aftermath of a student’s abduction. The Gaps Leanne Hall Text Reviewed by Ilona Urquhart Released March 2021 Paperback ISBN 9781922330482 RRP 19.99 Category: Young adult The Gaps (Leanne Hall, Text) 13 January 2021 Unlocked content from the archive. Leanne works as a children’s and YA specialist at an independent bookshop. THE GAPS by Leanne Hall RELEASE DATE: Feb. A tribute to friendship in all its guises, The Gaps is a moving examination of vulnerability and strength, safety and danger, and the particular uncertainties young women face in the world. Her novel for younger readers, Iris and the Tiger, won the Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature at the 2017 NSW Premier's Literary Awards. Her debut novel, This Is Shyness, won the Text Prize for Children's and Young Adult Writing, and was followed by a sequel, Queen of the Night. Leanne Hall is an author of young adult and children's fiction. And when she begins to form an uneasy alliance with Natalia, the queen of Year Ten, things get even more complicated.Ī tribute to friendship in all its guises, The Gaps is a moving examination of vulnerability and strength, safety and danger, and the particular uncertainties young women face in the world.īased on true events, this compelling YA novel by award-winning Melbourne author Leanne Hall examines grief and guilt in the aftermath of a community tragedy

As the hours tick by, the girls know the chance of Yin being found alive is becoming smaller and smaller.Įveryone is affected by Yin’s disappearance-even scholarship student Chloe, who usually stays out of Balmoral dramas, is drawn into the maelstrom. When sixteen-year-old Yin Mitchell is abducted, the news reverberates through the whole Year Ten class at Balmoral Ladies College.

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