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Children's and Young Adult Fiction

Grace by Morris Gleitzman

by Tony Wilson
October 2009, no. 315

Grace by Morris Gleitzman

Viking, $19.95 pb, 181 pp, 9780670073900

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In eleven-year-old Grace’s world, the ‘saved’ number 11,423 people. Four of those are part of her immediate family; her twin brothers, her mother, and her father, who encourages his daughter’s inquisitive nature and who ‘probably has more interesting thoughts than any other home lighting warehouse manager in Australia’.

 


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Grace by Morris Gleitzman

Viking, $19.95 pb, 181 pp, 9780670073900

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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