Child X

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By Lee Weatherly
Publisher Random House Children's Books - (Yearling)
Child X
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Juliet is passionate about acting and has been given the chance to star as the lead role in the playNorthern Lights(based on Philip PullmansThe Golden Compass). But at home, her life is not so happy. Her family starts to disintegrate after her father suddenly and unexpectedly leaves home. What exactly is Juliets relationship to her flamboyant actor uncle? And what terrible secret is her mother hiding? This is a moving and powerful story of one girls search for her own identity, deftly contrasted with the glamour and excitement of the theater. From the Hardcover edition.

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224 pages224 pages
Lexile 650LLexile 650L

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Book ISBN:

9780440419044

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