ISBN |
9781925355291 (paperback) |
Name |
Wakefield, Vikki, 1970- author. |
Title |
Ballad for a mad girl / Vikki Wakefield. |
Published |
Melbourne, Victoria : The Text Publishing Company, 2017. |
©2017 |
Description |
309 pages. 20 cm. |
Summary |
Everyone knows seventeen-year-old Grace Foley is a bit mad. She's a prankster and a risk-taker, and she's not afraid of anything except losing. As part of the long-running feud between two local schools in Swanston, Grace accepts a challenge to walk the pipe. That night she experiences something she can't explain. The funny girl isn't laughing anymore. She's haunted by voices and visions - but nobody believes a girl who cries wolf. As she's drawn deeper into a twenty-year-old mystery surrounding missing girl Hannah Holt, the thin veil between this world and the next begins to slip. She can no longer tell what's real or imagined - all she knows is the ghosts of Swanston, including that of her own mother, are restless. It seems one of them has granted her an extraordinary gift at a terrible price. Everything about her is changing - her body, her thoughts, even her actions seem to belong to a stranger. Grace is losing herself, and her friends don't understand. Is she moving closer to the truth? Or is she heading for madness? |
Target audience note |
For young adults. |
Reading Program Note |
Premier's Reading Challenge 7-9. |
Premier's Reading Challenge 9+. |
Subjects |
Teenage girls -- Juvenile fiction |
Life change events -- Juvenile fiction |
Families -- Juvenile fiction |
Youth fiction |
Premier's Reading Challenge 7-9 |
Premier's Reading Challenge 9+ |
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