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The Girl In Between by Sarah Carroll (view source)
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The Irish accent was clear and strong throughout, with sprinklings of slang thrown in that are easily understandable, but make the language feel alive. The girl sounds and feels like a real girl, throughout the book, and it makes for some emotional reading at certain points of the story. I did wonder quite how the whole story could possibly end satisfactorily as I got closer and closer to the final pages. The end comes with a twist, which although I'd suspected, I hadn't been quite sure about. It's an interesting twist, though I have to admit that I had to re-read that section a couple of times before I was certain of what was going on. However, once I had figured it out, it made me want to re-read the book, to throw this new light upon everything that happened previously.
It's probably best aimed at those around 11 to 14, but I suspect strong younger readers could happily give it a try, and older teens would still find it a good, quick read. The chapters aren't too long, so it's easy to find yourself reading several in a go, and then , of course , wanting to read just one more...and one more again!
Further reading suggestion: For another homeless girl story try [[Invisible Girl by Kate Maryon]] or this is a story that deals sensitively with depression [[A Library of Lemons by Jo Cotterill]]. We also have a review of [[The Words That Fly Between Us by Sarah Carroll|The Words That Fly Between Us]] also by Sarah Carroll.
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