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Published
2009
Publisher
Front Street
Subgenre
Mystery
ISBN
9781590785720
Section
Young Adult

Cold Skin

Steven Herrick

In an Australian coal-mining town just after World War II, Eddie Holding wants to work in the mines against his father's wishes, until a local girl is murdered and he sets out to learn the truth.

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Themes

Community & schoolFamilyComing of age

Mood

Feels dark, mysterious.

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