Riggs Crossing by Michelle Heeter
Publisher:
Ford Street
Publication Date: September 2012
Publication Date: September 2012
Pages: 360
Format: paperback
Price: AUD
$19.95
Category: YA
Blurb:
A
girl is found in the wreckage of a car crash. Severely injured and
psychologically damaged, the girl cannot or will not tell the authorities who
she is or where she comes from. Her carers call her ‘Len’, after the name
embroidered on the jumper she was wearing when she was found.
Secretive,
intelligent and abrasive, Len is moved to a children’s shelter. Slowly, Len’s
repressed memories fight their way to the surface of her troubled mind. and an
evil figure from her shadowy past comes looking for her.
Review:
This
book is amazing!!
It gets right into the mind of Len. Riggs
Crossing digs deep into the world of the criminal underworld. I found it to be
a huge eye opener as it really puts things in a whole different perspective. I
have done Certificate 3 &4 in Community Services and Heeter’s work really
put youth work in a new light for me. She has written something that really
pushes the idea that not every young person is brought up with a loving and
caring family.
Len
is a character who doesn’t trust easy and when she starts remembering her past
you can really understand why she is the way she is. The way we are raised has
an impact on how we live our lives and how we treat people in our society.
5/5
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