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Available
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Publication
Doubleday Children's Books (2001), Edition: 1st.ed., 199 pages
Description
April knows she was abandoned in a rubbish bin as a newborn baby, fourteen years ago. Now she's happily settled with her foster mother, Marion - but there's a part of April that's desperate to know where she really came from, and who she really is. If only she could remember her real mother - or even find her . . . An engrossing, engaging and highly moving novel from the acclaimed bestseller Jacqueline Wilson.
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LibraryThing member S5rox
april started out life as a dustbin baby, abandoned in arubish bin on 1st april. now shes turnd forteen, april is determand to find out where she came from. if only she could remember her birth mother or maby even find her.............
LibraryThing member 5c.library
On April 1st, a baby was a abandoned by her mother and was left in a dirty dustbin. She was found by a boy named Frankie and was taken to hospital, where she was cared for and given a name...April. April is now 14 and longing for her mother. During her search, she takes a trip down memory lane. A
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touching tale for young adults and teens. Tabby Show Less
LibraryThing member atreic
This is an excellent book if you like playing Jacqueline Wilson bingo, the number of sad and traumatic things squeezed in its slim pages is many! April has had a miserable life, so on her 14th birthday she bunks off school to go and look at places she has lived in the past and try to work out a bit
But like all Jacqueline Wilsons it's easy to read and engaging and pageturning, and despite the many grim things that have happened to April the ending is sweet and hopeful.
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more of who she is and where she is from. Dealing with themes of unwanted pregnancies, abandonment of children, maternal suicide, children's homes, burglary and PTSD, it's a bit heavy at times!But like all Jacqueline Wilsons it's easy to read and engaging and pageturning, and despite the many grim things that have happened to April the ending is sweet and hopeful.
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
199 p.; 6.3 inches
ISBN
0385600429 / 9780385600422