Thursday's Child (Hartnett novel) facts for kids
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Front cover of first edition
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| Author | Sonya Hartnett |
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| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Realist young-adult novel |
| Publisher | Penguin Books |
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Publication date
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31 August 2000 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 223 pp (first edition) |
| ISBN | 978-0-14-029732-4 |
| OCLC | 248050261 |
| LC Class | PZ7.H267387 Th 2000 |
Thursday's Child is young adult novel by the Australian writer Sonya Hartnett, published in 2000 by Penguin Books. Set during the 1930s Great Depression in Australia, it features a young woman Harper Flute and her family, who live in poverty. It won the annual Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel.
Following its publication by Walker Books in the U.K., Hartnett won the 2002 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a once-in-a-lifetime book award judged by a panel of British children's writers.
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