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- Boy swallows universe / by Dalton, Trent,author.;
Brisbane, 1983: A lost father, a mute brother, a mum in jail, a heroin dealer for a stepfather and a notorious criminal for a babysitter. It's not as if Eli's life isn't complicated enough already. He's just trying to follow his heart, learning what it takes to be a good man, but life just keeps throwing obstacles in the way - not least of which is Tytus Broz, legendary Brisbane drug dealer. But Eli's life is about to get a whole lot more serious. He's about to fall in love. And, oh yeah, he has to break into Boggo Road Gaol on Christmas Day, to save his mum.- Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Dysfunctional families; Friendship; Suburbs; Nineteen eighties; Criminals; Coming of age;
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- Lola in the mirror / by Dalton, Trent,author.; Heppell, Paul,illustrator.;
A girl and her mother have been on the run for sixteen years, from police and the monster they left in their kitchen with a knife in his throat. They've found themselves a home inside a van with four flat tires parked in a scrapyard by the edge of the Brisbane River. The girl has no name because names are dangerous when you're on the run. But the girl has a dream. A vision of a life as an artist of international acclaim. There's only one person who can help make her dreams come true. That person is Lola and she carries all the answers. But to find Lola, the girl with no name must first do one of the hardest things we can ever do. She must look in the mirror.- Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Family violence; Fugitives from justice; Mothers and daughters;
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