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The trials and tribulations of a teenage girl attempting to cope with the separation of her parents, boarding school and adolescence, as reflected in the entries of her journal.Tags
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65+ Works 18,166 Members
John Marsden was born in Victoria, Australia in 1950. He was working as a teacher when his first book, So Much to Tell You, was published in 1987. His other works include the Tomorrow series and Ellie chronicles. He bought an 850-acre property just outside Melbourne, Australia where he ran writers' courses and camps for eight years. In 2006, he show more opened a school there called Candlebark. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Take my word for it
- Original publication date
- 1992
- People/Characters
- Lisa; Marina; Sophie; Kate
- Important places
- Australia
- Dedication
- To Jeremy Madin,
one of my teachers. - First words
- February 6
Hi Journal, Mr Lindell, whoever's reading this. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Goodnight Ms Journal, my good friend.
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Children's Books, Teen, Young Adult
- DDC/MDS
- 823.3 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction 1558-1625
- LCC
- PZ7 .M35147 .T — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- 129
- Popularity
- 253,077
- Rating
- (3.29)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 3
- ASINs
- 1
