The Walls Around Us, Nova Ren Suma

Amber is serving a stretch in Aurora Hills Juvenile Detention Centre for a murder she didn’t commit (she says); Violet, 18, is a dancer about to embark on a career she knows she doesn’t deserve. A third character, Ora, has her own story to tell. A scary tale of justice delayed that echoes Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones. For advanced readers.

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