num_pages: 308
description: A wonderful debut novel that captures the essence of real messy teenage lives: of action and consequence of poor choices and fragile friendships of standing up for what is right and the attempt to make sense of a world when everything feels like it's falling apart.At fifteen Clover is finding the going tougher than she expected. Her life is close to being derailed on the rocky terrain of family friendship first love acts of defiance and a planet on the brink of environmental disaster. So when Keek breaks his promise to her and school sucks and her mother is impossible and her beloved old dog is dying and her dad is in the wind and the girls at school are awful and the footy-boys are bullies and she's arrested for vandalism - well what else can she be but a little bit broken? Can Clover pull herself together - or will she spiral further out of control?When life feels like it's fracturing how do you find a way to feel whole?
language: English
title: Cracked
publisher: Allen & Unwin