num_pages: 275
description: Is it possible for two very different teenagers to fall in love despite high barbed-wire fences and a political wilderness between them?Anahita is passionate curious and determined. She is also an Iranian asylum seeker who is only allowed out of detention to attend school. On weekdays during school hours she can be a regular Australian girl.Jono needs the distraction of an infatuation. In the past year his mum has walked out hes been dumped and his sister has moved away. Lost and depressed Jono feels as if hes been left behind with his Vietnamese single father Kenny.Kenny is struggling to work out the rules in his new job; he recently started work as a guard at the Wickham Point Detention Centre. He tells Anahita to look out for Jono at school but quickly comes to regret this spiraling into suspicion and mistrust. Who is this girl really? What is her story? Is she a genuine refugee or a queue jumper? As Jono and Anahita grow closer Kenny starts snooping behind the scenes
language: English
title: Between Us
publisher: Black Inc.