SuitabookFamily separation and change
Laina moves to a logging town and is troubled by leaving her best friend and by her parents’ separation.
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Eva Gibson - Author
A coming-of-age mystery about Laina adjusting to a new town, coping with her parents’ separation and investigating a puzzling coin-collection disappearance.
"When Laina moved to a backwoods logging town, it wasn't the fact of having to leave her best friend which troubled her the most. It was her parents separation that was tearing her apart inside. But a mysterious coin collection robbery soon captures her full attention. Why did her uncle say the robbery hadn't really happened? If that was true, where were the missing coins? Laina's confusion, both inside and out, is complicated by her unreasonable attraction to the aloof boy who seems determined to make his own unhappiness"--P. [4] of cover.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA coming-of-age mystery about Laina adjusting to a new town, coping with her parents’ separation and investigating a puzzling coin-collection disappearance.
Laina moves to a logging town and is troubled by leaving her best friend and by her parents’ separation.
A coin-collection robbery captures Laina’s attention, while her uncle says the robbery did not really happen and the coins are missing.
The book brings together parental separation, leaving a best friend, a possibly unreal robbery and attraction to an unhappy boy; readers may want support discussing these overlapping pressures.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; another book-specific source is still needed.
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