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	Troublemakers 3.88 avg rating — 655 ratings — published 2017 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Played with Fire 3.48 avg rating — 382 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Penguin Teen Australia Super-proof 2017 by Julia Lawrinson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Nicole Hayes (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jodi McAlister (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.86 avg rating — 29 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bartleby Snopes Issue 10 by Nathaniel Tower (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Rick Taliaferro (Editor), Justin Daugherty (Editor) 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alone among the Zulus : the Narrative of a Journey through the Zulu Country, South Africa (1910) [Leather Bound] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alone among the Zulus / by a Plain Woman ; the Narrative of a Journey through the Zulu Country, South Africa 1866 [Leather Bound] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alone among the Zulus, by a Plain Woman. The Narrative of a Journey through the Zulu Country, South Africa. 1879 [Leather Bound] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Trivial Life and Misfortune. A Gossip with No Plot in Particular 1888 [Leather Bound] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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What a great debut. The first two thirds I was enjoying as a quirky bit of historical fiction and a fun experiment in voice, and the final third I found profound and emotionally devastating. Perfect!
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I am SO glad that Daunt Books are reissuing books by this author, who I'd otherwise never have heard of. Celia Dale is such a good writer oh my god. The quiet anxiety that slowly builds in this. The precision with which she captures behaviour and r ...more
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“His older brother got expelled for selling pot at school.'
'That's - good to know.'
'He wasn't selling it to me.'
'Also good to know.'
'And if he was I wouldn't have been able to afford it.”
― Catherine Barter, Troublemakers

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“When I was little and Nick got hit by a car,' I said, 'Marie told me that he'd used up all our family's bad luck and we wouldn't have any more. Do you remember that?'
He is silent for a while. Then he says, 'She was lying.'
'Yeah. I'm working that out.”
― Catherine Barter, Troublemakers

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“I'm fifteen.'
She says, 'Ah,' like that explains everything. She says: 'When I was fifteen I ran away from home to try and meet Van Halen.”
― Catherine Barter, Troublemakers

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