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The other side of perfect

Two kids from different worlds form an unexpected friendship. Cody's home life is a messy, terrifying story of neglect and abuse. Autumn is from a wealthy, loving Indigenous family, who is "in" with the popular crowd at school, even though it is hard for her to want to keep up.

Main Authors: Florence, Melanie (Author), Scrimger, Richard, 1957- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Scholastic Press, 2024.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Runaway teenagers > Juvenile fiction.
Indigenous children > Juvenile fiction.
Abused children > Juvenile fiction.
Identity (Psychology) > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Victims of family violence > Juvenile fiction.
Cree Indians > Juvenile fiction.
Social classes > Juvenile fiction.
Racism against Indigenous peoples > Juvenile fiction.
Toronto (Ont.) > Juvenile fiction.
Summary: Two kids from different worlds form an unexpected friendship. Cody's home life is a messy, terrifying story of neglect and abuse. Autumn is from a wealthy, loving Indigenous family, who is "in" with the popular crowd at school, even though it is hard for her to want to keep up.
Item Description: First published as Autumn Bird & the runaway in Canada.
Physical Description: 247 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9781339002859
133900285X
Author Notes:

MELANIE FLORENCE is an award-winning writer of Cree and Scottish heritage based in Toronto, Ontario. She is the author of Missing Nimâmâ , which won the 2016 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, the 2017 Forest of Reading Golden Oak Award and was a finalist for the 2017 First Nation Communities READ award. Her most recent picture book, Stolen Words , won the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award and was a finalist for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. Her other books include Righting Canada's Wrongs: Residential Schools and the teen novels Just Lucky, He Who Dreams , The Missing , One Night , and Rez Runaway . Visit her at https://www.melanieflorence.com/.



RICHARD SCRIMGER has written more than twenty books for children and adults, including Zomboy and Downside Up , many of which have won or been nominated for major awards and been published internationally. His novel Irresistible is part of the Almost Epic Squad series. Richard is also a popular presenter in schools. His latest novel, a collaboration with Melanie Florence, is Autumn Bird and the Runaway . Richard lives in Toronto, Ontario. Visit him at http://www.scrimger.ca/.

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